El Niño has officially arrived in Australia as NSW puts total fire bans in place in some areas.

A total fire ban has been put in place in some parts of NSW as nearly 70 fires burn across the state. The Bureau of Meteorology has officially declared an El Niño weather system in Australia.
Hazard reduction burns continue in Sydney as smoke overtakes the city.

Smoke overtakes Sydney as hazard reduction burns continue in the city’s south-west in preparation for bushfire season. While large-scale bushfires have already sparked in Northern Territory.
NSW Fire prepares for what could be a brutal bushfire season with controlled burns.

NSW conducts controlled fires before bushfire season. So, what is it, and does it work?
Queensland regions put on ‘catastrophic’ fire warning, with conditions set to match the 2019 Black Summer bushfires.

Some regions in Queensland have been put on Australia’s highest fire-warning level just 1 week into spring. Toowoomba and Warwick are listed as at risk of ‘catastrophic’ fire conditions.






