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Firestorms: How Australia's bushfires create their own weather

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

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Death toll rises to 24 in Australian fires

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

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Navy deployed to rescue people from Australia fires

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

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Australian navy races to rescue thousands as new fire threat looms

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

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Australia starts New Year with deadly fires

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

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Fire in southern California threatening another city

AfiercewildfireragedonnorthofLosAngelesSunday,threateningothertownsafteralreadycharringvastswathsofland,butotherblazeswerelargelycontainedafterburningfordays.Th

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California declares 5 more counties in state of emergency

CaliforniaGovernorJerryBrownMondayeveningissuedanemergencyorderforfivemorecountiesaffectedbywildfireseruptedSundaynightorMondaymorning.Theproclamationreleasedby

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California wildfires force evacuations as blazes continue to spread

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.