Australia's bushfires have burned so intensely that they have hurled smoke as far away as Chile.They have also created their own weather systems, including deadly "firestorms" that produce dry lightn
02:37 At least 24 people have now died from wildfires in Australia, but officials say massive evacuations kept the toll from going even higher.Cooler temperatures and calmer winds gave
00:38 Tens of thousands of people in southeast Australia were urged to evacuate this week, as soaring temperatures and strong winds raised the risks posed by wildfires.Over 200 fires a
Navy ship HMAS Choules departs from a fleet base in Sydney, January 1, 2020. /AP Photo The Australian navy has begun an operation to rescue thousands of people stranded on the east coast of th
The mayor of Sydney defended his decision to press ahead with the Australian city's New Year's Eve celebrations even as deadly wildfires burned nearby.The skies in coastal towns
AfiercewildfireragedonnorthofLosAngelesSunday,threateningothertownsafteralreadycharringvastswathsofland,butotherblazeswerelargelycontainedafterburningfordays.Th
CaliforniaGovernorJerryBrownMondayeveningissuedanemergencyorderforfivemorecountiesaffectedbywildfireseruptedSundaynightorMondaymorning.Theproclamationreleasedby
Hundreds of people have been ordered to evacuate their homes as several wildfires continue to burn through steep terrain near California's central coast on Saturday.