With most of fire in dense forest ... maps. At the height of the fires, the New South Wales Rural Fire Service was concerned that many residents and holiday-makers did not fully appreciate the risk.

SYDNEY (Reuters) -- Australia's southeast sweated in a heatwave that intensified on Sunday, elevating bushfire risk and prompting authorities to issue fire bans for more parts of Victoria state.

Bedford County and Lynchburg-area firefighters and emergency crews responded to a reported explosion at a Forest church Monday night. At 9:53 p.m. the Forest Volunteer Fire Department and multiple ...

Authorities hope to reopen parts of the Grampians National Park, including the tourist town Halls Gap, if a fire is contained during the weekend. Authorities have declared a total fire ban for ...

A child has died after a caravan caught fire in central Victoria. Picture: NewsWire /Brendan Beckett “The Arson and Explosives Squad has been notified and an arson chemist will attend the scene ...

A total fire ban has been declared for parts ... with children aged under four most at risk,” said Ambulance Victoria’s Dale Armstrong. “Always supervise children near water and learn ...

A MAP has revealed the towns at risk of being cut off in a -8C freeze - with swathes of health alerts were issued and 16 inches of snow set to fall. Public health bosses have issued amber alerts ...

Parks Victoria ... fire. “There is going to be a bit of wind around - it’s not going to be like Boxing Day when we saw those really significant winds and we had that really high risk - but ...

A severe heatwave warning ins in place for the North Interior district of WA With the mercury set to soar across Victoria ... Fire Ban declaration. “Understand how the increased fire risk ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Victoria ... still be risk on Sunday because it is still warm, and there’s not a lot of recovery overnight. “Often you can sort of attack a fire in ...

Netweather forecaster, Nick Finnis shared the information via a post on X along with a "Sat & Sun snow risk map" picture to his followers earlier today (January 4). The post reads: "SAT & SNOW ...