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The bushfire situation across parts of SE NSW and the ACT is escalating this afternoon. Firefighters are desperately attempting to contain a fast moving bushfire south of Canberra. Towns in the area are facing a wall of flames. People in suburban areas of Canberra are being told to monitor the situation for ember attacks. Other…
Australia is one of many nations now in the grip of the Coronavirus outbreak that is threatening to become a major global pandemic. At least 5 people have been diagnosed in Sydney, Melbourne and the Gold Coast and many hundreds have been quarantined. While Australian scientists join the global effort to develop a vaccine. So…
The Coronavirus in Australia Coronavirus Sydney arrival : A number of people who have arrived in recent days from China are likely carrying the Coronavirus, Health Authorities said. The Coronavirus is confirmed in Melbourne today – Australia’s first case – and now Sydney faces its first diagnosis. (Update: 3 Sydney cases now confirmed) There are…
Sydney weather: Heavy rain and severe thunderstorms are forecast for Sydney. Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and damaging winds in the warning area over the next several hours. Locations which may be affected include Port Macquarie, Taree, Gosford, Sydney, Wollongong, Nowra, Batemans Bay, Armidale, Orange, Canberra,…
Sydney Weather: Breaking News – High winds are impacting Sydney, with gusts Over 100km/hr impacting the city. The winds are creating havoc in the fire grounds across New South Wales and also bringing dust from the interior of Australia. A bushfire Emergency is now being declared in some areas, with the winds expected to pick…
Over 1 billion animals have perished in the Australian bushfires in 2019 and 2020. The staggering, heartbreaking figures are estimates by ecologists in Sydney just released today. Previously, the team at the University of Sydney had said half a billion had perished. Reporter Josephine Harvey writes ecologists at the University of Sydney and the WWF…
Breaking: Thousands of people across Sydney are celebrating with cheers and laughter as rain falls across the city. Across the world, people of all faiths had been praying for rain, as dramatic images of the bushfire disaster played our across TV and social media. In the last few days, high winds and record breaking weather…
Bushfire smoke from Australia has covered New Zealand in an apocalyptic like haze. An eerie orange glow could be seen from Sunday across the Tasman Sea from Australia’s east coast. New satellite images published today reveal the thick smoke chocking the sky above New Zealand on the weekend. 2,000 kilometres from Australia’s fire zones, the…
How to donate to the Australian bushfire victims? We have been requested by hundreds of people to help guide ways to help the local people, animals and Fire fighters in the devastating Australian bushfires. Dozens of people have died; thousands of homes, businesses and public buildings have been lost; fire fighters are struggling; many are…
Breaking: It has been estimated that half of the koalas have perished from the population at Kangaroo Island. Unstoppable bush fires had been racing across the South Australian Island this week. 2 people died in the inferno and many of the buildings on the Island including a massive resort were lost. Now authorities in South…