A 10-bedroom family home has been destroyed in Sydney after being struck by lightning with luckily no one inside.
Fortunately, no one was inside when a lightning strike in Sydney completely destroyed a family house with ten bedrooms.
With a worrying bushfire season approaching, Australia may need to change its approach to recruit volunteer firefighters.
With the start of bushfire season and volunteer firefighter numbers dropping, Australia’s government has pitched a new idea.
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.
Officials warn that smoke could remain in Sydney for days following intensive backburning.
Officials have warned residents to stay indoors after backburning has left Sydney coated in a layer of smoke affecting the city’s air quality.
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.
Massive multi-story fire breaks out in an apartment building in Darlington, Sydney.
Over 30 firefighters and 10 firetrucks are on the scene in Darlington, Sydney, after an apartment ‘3rd alarm’ fire broke out.
Weather bureau of Australia warns that bushfire season may already be starting in Queensland.
With global temperatures soaring, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology warns that bushfire season may start earlier than expected in Queensland.
Hawaii Governor says the death toll in Maui may rise by 10 to 20 a day in the wake of the wildfires.
In the wake of the deadliest fires in modern US history, Governor Josh Green of Hawaii says that the death toll is expected to keep rising. Thousands have already lost their homes in the historic town of Lahaina.
A freighter carrying nearly 3,000 cars has caught on fire off the coast of the Netherlands, leading to the death of 1 worker.
Off the coast of the Netherlands, a cargo carrying close to 3,000 vehicles caught fire, killing 1 worker.
Australian PM Anthony Albanese says Australia is preparing ‘as best as possible’ for the bushfire season.
A guarantee of no bushfires this summer could not be made by PM Anthony Albanese.
