A NASA satellite used to detect bushfires in real time across two thirds of Australia is "dying" and it could be months before a replacement is online.

Bushfires destroyed houses and razed vast belts of forest in southeast Australia on Friday, firefighters said, as hot winds fanned "hectic" conditions in the tinder-dry countryside. Temperatures ...

The NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) has certified an updated Bush Fire Prone Land (BFPL) map for the Gunnedah Shire.The updated BFPL map replaces the ...

Over the past decade, southern Australia has suffered numerous extreme weather and climate events, such as record-breaking heatwaves, bushfires, two major droughts and even flash flooding. While ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bushfire rips through Mount Lawson State Park in Australia's Victoria state (Handout) (Handout/Forest Fire Management ...