Relief as rain falls over Australian bushfires
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Rain fell across parts of bushfire-ravaged eastern Australia on Thursday and more wet weather was forecast,…
6 years ago
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UN warns of ‘much extreme weather’ ahead after hottest decade on record
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - The past decade has been the hottest on record, the UN said Wednesday, warning that the…
6 years ago
Oceans were hottest on record in 2019
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- The world's oceans were the hottest in recorded history in 2019, scientists said…
6 years ago
Australian Open qualifying delayed due to bushfire smoke
MELBOURNE, Austalia (AFP) -- Qualifying for the Australian Open Grand Slam was delayed Wednesday as toxic smoke from widespread bushfires…
6 years ago
Australian animals face extinction threat as bushfire toll mounts
by Glenda KWEK GLENMORE PARK, Australia (AFP) -- When volunteer Sarah Price found a baby kangaroo frightened but miraculously alive…
6 years ago
Firestorms: How Australia’s bushfires created their own weather
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's bushfires have burned so intensely that they have hurled smoke as far away as…
6 years ago
Nearly Aus$25 mn raised as Australia reels from bushfire fury
EDEN, Australia (AFP) -- A global appeal to help Australian firefighters tackling catastrophic bushfires raised almost Aus$25 million on…
6 years ago
Australia orders evacuation of fire-ravaged towns before heatwave
by Holly Robertson SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia authorized the forced evacuation of residents Thursday amid a mass exodus…
6 years ago
Australia scrambles to reach thousands stranded by bushfires
by Holly ROBERTSON SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Relief supplies began reaching thousands of people stranded in fire-ravaged Australian towns Wednesday…
6 years ago
2019 was hottest year on record for Russia
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- This year was the hottest ever registered in Russia, the country's weather chief said on…
6 years ago
State of emergency as bushfires rage in Australia
by Daniel DE CARTERET Agence France Presse BUXTON, Australia (AFP) -- A state of emergency was declared in Australia's…
7 years ago
Australia beats hottest day record by full degree
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia set a record for its hottest day ever for a second straight day, with…
7 years ago
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