Local authorities say factors such as the dry landscape and climate change contributed to intense fires during an early January heatwave in southeastern Australia, dismissing claims circulating on ...

By Christine Chen SYDNEY, Jan 28 (Reuters) - A record-breaking heatwave baked Australia's southeast for a fifth straight day ...

By Renju Jose and Christine Chen SYDNEY, Jan 27 (Reuters) - A major heatwave across Australia's southeast stoked bushfires, ...

More than 1,000 families in Victoria are being urged to evacuate as bushfires burn across the state and a severe heatwave ...

Vast swaths of southeastern Australia are sweltering in a heat wave that’s pushed temperatures to close to 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) and forced some residents to protect their ...

From bushfires Down Under to European floods, insurance and brokerage leaders are facing the same pressure-cooker mix: surge volumes, complex coverage questions, increasing claims costs, rising custom ...

Newly released satellite imagery from Copernicus EU shows the scale of the bushfires affecting the Australian state of Victoria.Imagery here, taken on January 9, shows the area south of the town of ...

A state of emergency has been declared in Victoria as thousands of firefighters battle the blaze.

An emergency warning remains in place for a bushfire burning near Bullsbrook, north of Perth, News.Az reports, citing ...

Properties have been destroyed and residents are evacuating, as firefighters continue to battle a fierce bushfire in Victoria ...

SYDNEY, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Australian authorities said on Sunday it would take firefighters weeks to get on top of bushfires in the country's southeast that have razed homes, cut power to thousands of ...