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He said the bushfires may have a "fairly dramatic effect" on those species. Over 1 billion native mammals, reptiles and birds are expected to be wiped out and from 20 to 100 species are already threatened, including vertebrates and plants. While Australia's iconic koalas have been viewed aro...
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Australia bushfires: Much-needed rain 'won't come until March' Prolonged rain is not forecast until March, and that still might not be enough to stop the country's fatal fire crisis. Australia will have to wait until March to see rain heavy enough to bring sustained relief from dry weath...
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Sam Rodden, a manager at the local pub, The Friendly Inn, said those first two weeks of January — in Australia's summer holiday period — would normally be the busiest of the year. Powered by a generator, The Friendly Inn became a gathering spot for locals during the bushfire emergency....
Out of control bushfires are threatening Australia's capital city and burning large swathes of land across the state of New South Wales, as residents have been warned to prepare for an evacuation. Canberra declared astate of emergencyon Friday as yetanother heatwavespread ...
There's a new danger from the bushfires in Australia. Experts say the intense flames are now creating their own weather - giant thunderstorms that could spark even more fires. CBS News meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli joined CBSN
Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide announced the expansion of its suite of catastrophe models for Australia “with the release of the industry’s first probabilistic bushfire model and updated tropical cyclone and earthquake models.” Dr. Jayanta Guin, senior vice president …...
Australia may have been fortunate enough to avoid a catastrophic citywide fire so far. But theintensification of bushfire seasonscould ultimately create a similar insurance crisis here. We’ve had our own sobering warnings in the past. The2003 Canberra bushfiresdestroyed more than 500 homesin subur...