Three people, including a child, are missing after bushfires tore through parts of Victoria under “catastrophic” conditions, destroying homes and forcing emergency warnings across south-eastern ...

Australia’s bushfire emergency has sparked an online disinformation campaign “unprecedented” in the country’s history, researchers told AFP Friday, with bots deployed to shift blame for the blazes ...

Tiger burns in Australia’s bushfires? It’s a 2012 photo from Indonesia. Young girl rescues koala? Actually an artist’s impression. Social media is packed with powerful images of Australia’s bushfires ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Longwood bushfire burns, in a location given as Longwood, Victoria, Australia, in this handout image released on January 7, ...

While a state of emergency has been declared in NSW, blazes continue to burn in Queensland, South Australia and WA. Here's ...

Bushfires have razed hundreds of buildings across southeast Australia, authorities said Sunday, as they confirmed the first death from the disaster. Temperatures soared past 40C as a heat wave ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People take pictures near the Sydney Opera House, in Circular Quay, during hot weather in Sydney, Australia, January 27, 2026.