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New Zealand forest fire continues

The firefighters are working on Wednesday to contain a large forest fire which started on Monday and stretched to 350 hectares near New Zealand's Napier. Firefighters have faced strong westerly wind

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New Zealand forest fire continues

The firefighters are working on Wednesday to contain a large forest fire which started on Monday and stretched to 350 hectares near New Zealand's Napier. Firefighters have faced strong westerly wind

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NASA finds Earth-sized planet that might be habitable

NASA's planet hunter satellite TESS has discovered an Earth-sized world within the habitable range of its star, which could allow the presence of liquid water.Another first for the Transiting Exop

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Australia to pay ‘whatever it takes’ to fight wildfires

Australia’s government said Monday it was willing to pay “whatever it takes” to help communities recover from deadly wildfires that have ravaged the country.Prime Minis

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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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Fire burns 140 hectares of New Zealand's North Island forest

New Zealand firefighters are still battling a forest fire in the north of Napier in New Zealand's North Island. The fire has spread about 140 hectares of forest. The large fire broke out on Monday fu

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Fire burns 140 hectares of New Zealand's North Island forest

New Zealand firefighters are still battling a forest fire in the north of Napier in New Zealand's North Island. The fire has spread about 140 hectares of forest. The large fire broke out on Monday fu

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Hundreds more homes feared lost in Aussie bushfire crisis

Hundreds more homes are feared to have been lost in the Australian bushfire disaster over the weekend, which so far this season has claimed 23 lives, burnt over 6 million hectares and destroyed at le

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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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Southeast Australia faces another dangerous day for bushfires

Heavy smoke shrouds yachts moored at Batemans Bay, New South Wales, January 4, 2020. /Reuters Photo Australian firefighters were set for a dangerous day on Saturday as fires in New South Wales

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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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What led to the Australian wildfires?

01:41 Australia is facing the worst bushfires in decades.Since fire season began last September, large parts of the country have been devastated.New South Wales, the country's most pop

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Australia's bushfire crisis rages on in new year

Throughout the final months of 2019, Australia experienced its most destructive bushfire season ever recorded. Between November and December in the worst hit State of New South Wales, nine people we

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21 dead after heavy rain floods Indonesian capital

Indonesian rescue team evacuate residents from their flooded house at Jatibening on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, January 1, 2020. /AP Photo The death toll from severe flooding and land

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Australia orders mass evacuation of fire-ravaged towns before heatwave

Cars drive down a freeway as smoke shrouds Canberra, January 1, 2020. /AP Photo Thousands of tourists have been given less than 48 hours to evacuate fire-ravaged coastal communities as Austral

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Australia fires: Military to be deployed to help rescue effort

Australia has launched a major operation to reach thousands of people stranded in seaside towns after deadly bushfires ripped through popular tourist areas on New Year's Eve. As emergency-level fires

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Tropical Cyclone Marcus slams parts of Australia

Atleast26,000peoplearewithoutpowerinthenorthernAustraliancityofDarwinafteratropicalcycloneslammedintothearea.Thestorm,namedMarcus,isbelievedtobethestrongestcycl