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Australian government to aid tourism industry as bushfires recede

January 19, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Climate Politics, Disasters / Accidents, Fires, Floods, General News, Government / Politics, Graphics, Major News, Nature / Wildlife, Picture available, Pictures, Precipitation, Tourism / Travel, US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Wildfires / Forest Fires

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The Australian government said on Sunday it will financially aid the country’s tourism sector that’s been badly

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Floods, road closures in Australia as storms lash some bushfire-hit regions

January 18, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Climate Politics, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Disasters / Accidents, Environment, Fires, General News, Government / Politics, Graphics, Major News, Nature / Wildlife, Picture available, Pictures, Pollution, Precipitation, Property and Casualty Insurance (TRBC), US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Wildfires / Forest Fires

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Thunderstorms lashed parts of Australia’s east coast early on Saturday, causing road closures and flash flooding, but

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Australia ‘open for business’ as cool change eases bushfire threat

January 14, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Climate Politics, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Disasters / Accidents, Environment, Fires, General News, Government / Politics, Graphics, Major News, Nature / Wildlife, Picture available, Pictures, Pollution, Precipitation, US, Video, Water, Wildfires / Forest Fires

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia on Tuesday urged international tourists to put aside concerns about raging bushfires after the United States

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New bushfire flares in southeast Australia as damage assessment begins

January 5, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Climate Politics, Disasters / Accidents, Fires, Government / Politics, Graphics, Major News, Pictures, Pollution, Precipitation, US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Wildfires / Forest Fires

SYDNEY (Reuters) – A dangerous fire flared up in southeastern Australia on Sunday even as cooler conditions elsewhere allowed authorities

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Twelve dead, several missing as Australia counts the cost of devastating bushfires

January 1, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Disasters / Accidents, Environment, Fires, General News, Government / Politics, Livestock, Major News, Nature / Wildlife, Picture available, Pictures, Pollution, Precipitation, US, Weather Markets / Weather, Wildfires / Forest Fires

SYDNEY (Reuters) – A third person was confirmed dead on Wednesday in devastating bushfires that engulfed Australia’s southeast coast this

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Three people feared dead in Australian bushfires: authorities

December 31, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Disasters / Accidents, Environment, Fires, General News, Health / Medicine, Major News, TOLL, US, Wildfires / Forest Fires

FILE PHOTO: The sky glows red as bushfires continue to rage in Mallacoota, Victoria, Australia, December 31, 2019, in this

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Fire in Chilean city of Valparaíso destroys about 50 homes: firefighters

December 25, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Chile, Disasters / Accidents, Emerging Market Countries, FIRE, Fires, General News, South America / Central America, US

A house burns following the spread of wildfires in Valparaiso, Chile, December 24, 2019. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A

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Australian PM defends climate policies as cooler weather helps firefighters

December 22, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Africa, Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Climate Politics, Disasters / Accidents, Environment, Fires, Graphics, Guinea, Major News, Nature / Wildlife, Picture available, US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Wildfires / Forest Fires

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Fire conditions eased on some of the major fronts burning across Australia on Sunday after a cool

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Bushfires hit emergency level on Sydney’s outskirts; one dead in South Australia

December 21, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Climate Politics, Disasters / Accidents, Environment, Fires, General News, Major News, Nature / Wildlife, US, Weather Markets / Weather, Wildfires / Forest Fires

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Catastrophic conditions fueled massive bushfires across Australia’s New South Wales state on Saturday, with three blazes around

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Australian leader curtails holiday as firefighters killed in huge blazes

December 20, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Climate Politics, Disasters / Accidents, Droughts, Environment, Europe, Fires, General News, Government / Politics, Graphics, Major News, Malta, Nature / Wildlife, Picture available, Public Health, US, Weather Markets / Weather, Wildfires / Forest Fires

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison issued a rare public apology as he cut short a Hawaiian vacation

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