Australian ‘megablaze’ brought under control
by Andrew BEATTY Agence France-Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Exhausted firefighters said they had finally brought Australia's largest "megablaze" under…
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Australia and Oceania
New Zealand volcano death toll rises to 20
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- The death toll from the White Island volcano eruption in New Zealand has risen to…
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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…
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Fire-hit Australian farmers vow to rise from the ashes
by Glenda KWEK BATLOW, Australia Steve Bellchambers is digging pits to bury the carcasses of livestock killed by bushfires which…
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Australia bushfires flare as heatwave brings renewed misery
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Bushfires flared in southern Australia on Thursday as a heatwave expected to bring renewed misery set…
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Australians urged to ‘leave early’ in face of new bushfire threat
by Holly ROBERTSON Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australian officials issued fresh evacuation warnings Wednesday ahead of…
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Australia firefighters race to contain blazes as heatwave looms
by Andrew BEATTY Agence France Presse Firefighters raced to contain massive bushfires in southeastern Australia Tuesday, taking advantage of…
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Tropical Cyclone Blake forms over northern Australia
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A tropical cyclone formed off the northwestern coast of Australia Monday, threatening the town of Broome with…
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Fire-hit Australia gets $1.4bn recovery fund as troops deployed
by Glenda KWEK SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Reserve troops fanned out across fire-ravaged regions in three Australian states on Monday after…
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Troops deployed across fire-hit Australia after horror weekend
EDEN, Australia (AFP) -- Reserve troops were deployed to fire-ravaged regions across three Australian states on Monday after a torrid weekend that turned swathes of land into smouldering, blackened hellscapes. The…
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