Thousands of dry lightning strikes have sparked multiple bushfires, some within remote national parks and world heritage ...

A house has caught fire, reportedly after a lightning strike in Melbourne's north-west, as bushfires continue to burn in ...

The Overland Track will stay closed until next week as a precaution while bushfires continue to burn through Tasmania’s ...

Eucalyptus trees are grown in plantations in nearly 100 countries and planted as city trees on every continent besides ...

Firefighters are concentrating their efforts on containing more than a dozen bushfires burning on Tasmania’s West Coast. 17 ...

Aircraft, bulldozers and ground crews are removing vegetation to create control lines to prevent fires from progressing while ...

A University of Melbourne multimedia project, Flashover, harnesses new effects technology to offer insights into the effects ...

A cool change has swept through the firefields burning in Victoria's west, but teams battling the bushfires still have a job ahead of them.

By Kristine Sabillo Northeastern Australia, particularly the state of Queensland, has faced record-breaking rainfall of up to ...

Vic experienced the rare combination of extreme heat and severe thunderstorms, which sparked several new fires across the ...

Residents in Victoria’s west have been urged to watch and act as bushfires continue raging through parts of the state, with ...

There's heatwave alerts for most of Australia while forecast dry lightning has sparked fears of "uncontrollable" fires on the ...