Tag: #bushfires

Australia’s summer swings from 50°C heat to flooding rains, testing communities and farms

Australia’s 2025–26 summer brought record heat and fire danger, then a monsoon low dumped year’s worth of rain, flooding towns and hurting harvests.

#australia, #heatwave, #flooding, #climatechange, #bushfires

Southeastern Australia hit by near-50°C heatwave as fires, blackouts and water failures expose system strain

A late-January heatwave shattered records across four states, driving bushfires, blackouts and water outages—and sharpening warnings about a hotter future.

#australia, #heatwave, #bushfires, #poweroutages, #climatechange

Heat dome to push southeastern Australia toward record temperatures, raising bushfire risk

Forecast highs near 48C across SA, Victoria and NSW as a slow-moving heat dome fuels extreme heatwave conditions and elevated fire danger.

#australia, #heatwave, #bushfires, #weather, #climate

Victoria bushfires raze towns after rare ‘catastrophic’ alert; state of disaster declared

Extreme heat, winds and dry lightning drove fast-moving fires across Victoria, burning up to 395,000 hectares and destroying hundreds of structures.

#australia, #bushfires, #victoria, #disaster, #climate

Worst Since Black Summer: Heatwave Pushes Southern Australia to the Limit

A severe heatwave hits southern Australia with mid-40s temperatures, straining health and power systems and raising fire danger across several states.

#heatwave, #australia, #bushfires, #extremeheat, #climatechange