Described As Worst Wildfire Crisis In 30 Years. Sparks and ash rained down on Sydney, Australia's most populous city, Friday after waves of flame jumped a river and roads and raced toward its suburbs.

A thick haze from raging wildfires in Australia engulfed Sydney on Tuesday, creating dangerous air conditions and smoke so thick it was enough to trigger fire alarms in buildings across the city.

Australia’s wildfire crisis reached new heights Saturday after it was reported that temperatures in a large suburb in the western part of Sydney reached 120 degrees Fahrenheit, making it the ...

Authorities have forecast the most destructive wildfire season during the approaching Southern Hemisphere summer in Australia's populous southeast since the fires of 2019-20 that killed 33 people.

SYDNEY — Sydney experienced its first total fire ban in almost three years on Tuesday and several schools along the New South Wales state coast to the south were closed because of a heightened ...

Australia wildfires rage as Sydney breaks all-time September heat record. A woman carries her surfboard at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023.

Australia is being ravaged by the worst wildfires seen in decades, with large swaths of the country devastated since the fire season began in late July. At least 28 people have died nationwide ...

The scale and intensity of Australia's wildfires are triggering firestorms and firenadoes. ... 2019 in Sydney, Australia. Charities have called pollution from the fires "a public health emergency." ...

Australia's meteorological spring season has gotten off to an unusually hot start, which is exacerbating the wildfire situation across New South Wales, where dozens of blazes are burning.

Authorities have forecast the most destructive wildfire season during the approaching Southern Hemisphere summer in Australia's populous southeast since the fires of 2019-20 that killed 33 people.

Sydney has experienced its first total fire ban in almost three years because of the danger caused by unusually hot and dry conditions across southeast Australia.