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Australia wildfires probe recommends greater climate risk forecasts
A kangaroo rushes past a burning house in Lake Conjola, Australia, on Tuesday, Dec. 31 2019.
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First wildfires, now coronavirus. Australians have had enough of trauma
Jessica Friedmann
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Bushfires and climate change fears rattle Australia’s giant coal lobby
CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 11: Bushfire survivors with debris from burnt houses protest at Parliament House on February 11, 2020 in Canberra, Australia. The protesters are making a symbolic "trail of destruction" that leads from Parliament to the Minerals Council of Australia's head office to urge businesses and politicians to cut ties with mining lobbyists. Independent MP Zali Steggall introducted a new climate change bill on Monday, and is pushing for a conscience vote for all MPs. The proposed new legislation, which is co-sponsored by independent MPS Rebekah Sharkie, Helen Haines and Andrew Wilkie, aims for Australia to reach a zero net emissions target by 2050.
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Rains mock drought-stricken Australian town as climate risks hit home
Peter Smith delivers water by truck to a holding pond in the drought-affected town of Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia, on Feb. 17, 2020.
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Rain has come to Australia. But we must remember the fires
Richard Ogier
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Heavy rains bring both relief and new dangers to bushfire-hit Australia
Sea foam brought by waves approaches on beach front houses after heavy rain and storms at Collaroy in Sydney's Northern Beaches, Monday, February 10, 2020. Drought, wildfires an
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Bushfires, cyclone, torrential rain hit Australia’s coasts
Pedestrians brave strong wind and rain in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, February 9, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
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Damaging cyclone barrels towards Australia’s west coast; bushfire-battered east coast faces flood warnings
A car drives through a flooded street in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia, February 7, 2020, in this screenshot obtained from a social media video.
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Australia receives a bittersweet bushfires reprieve with floods, cyclone
Bushfires burn along a mountainside on February 3, 2020 near Bumbalong, Australia.
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More homes reported burned in southeast Australia wildfires
Personnel from Fire and Rescue NSW work as a bushfire approaches a home in Bredbo, New South Wales, Australia, February 1, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
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Heat wave threatens to reignite deadly bushfires in Australia
A small aircraft is pictured after dumping fire retardant behind houses at the foot of Mount Tennant, in Canberra, Australia, on Jan. 30, 2020.
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As bushfires threaten park near capital, Australian PM Scott Morrison seeks greater federal powers during disasters
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks alongside Minister for Social Services, Anne Ruston, at a media conference at Parliament House on January 15, 2020 in Canberra, Australia.
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Australia readies for more bushfires with temperatures set to soar
A bushfire burns in Bodalla, New South Wales, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. Wildfires destroyed more than 3,000 homes and razed more than 10.6 million hectares (26 million acres) since September.
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Australia’s rainy respite from bushfires soon ending, meteorologists warn
Bushland is seen burnt by fire as rain pools in large puddles at Bilpin, in the Blue Mountains, Australia, January 17, 2020.
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Canadian Forces sending plane and crew to help fight Australia’s fires
In this Jan. 24, 2020, photo provided by the New South Wales Police, smoke rises from an active wildfire near the crash site of a firefighting air tanker near Numeralla, south west of Sydney. Three crew from the U.S. were killed when their C-130 Hercules tanker crashed while fighting wildfires in Australia, their employer, Canada-based Coulson Aviation, said in a statement. (NSW Police via AP)
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Australia mourns U.S. firefighters as probe into crash of Canadian-owned plane begins
A police roadblock on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, near Peak View, New South Wales, Australia, near the site of a crash involving a C-130 Hercules carrying a load of fire retardant. Three firefighters from the United States were killed on Thursday when the plane went down in the mountains south of Canberra, the Australian capital.
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Canadian-owned air tanker fighting Australia bushfires crashes, killing all three aboard
(FILES) This file photo taken on January 10, 2020 shows a C-130 Hercules plane from the New South Wales Rural Fire Service dropping fire retardent to protect a property during an operation to douse bushfires in Penrose, in Australia's New South Wales state.
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Australia briefly evacuates parts of its capital after bushfire breaks out near airport
Smoke haze hangs around Parliament House, in Canberra, Australia, in a Jan. 12, 2020, file photo.
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Fires set stage for irreversible forest losses in Australia, some scientists say
Humane Society International Crisis Response Specialist, Kelly Donithan (centre) looks for injured wildlife in a burnt out forest on Kangaroo Island on January 15, 2020. Scientists say many forests in Australia may never recover from the bushfires ravaging the country.
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Australia boosts emergency funding for bushfire-affected businesses
This photo taken on January 15, 2020 shows a burnt vehicle seen after a bushfire in Budgong area of New South Wales, Australia.
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Australian government to aid tourism industry as bushfires recede
This handout photo taken on January 11, 2020 and received on January 17 from environment group Greenpeace Australia-Pacific shows Rural Fire Service volunteer firefighters watching as the New South Wales "megafire" approaches the outskirts of the town of Tumbarumba in New South Wales. - Haunting images of koalas with singed fur, possums with burnt paws or countless charred kangaroo carcasses have flashed around the world and have come to symbolise a nation and an environment buckling under the weight of a climate-fuelled crisis. (Photo by Kiran Ridley / GREENPEACE AUSTRALIA PACIFIC / AFP) / NO RESALE - NO INTERNET -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / KING POWER " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - NO ARCHIVE (Photo by KIRAN RIDLEY/GREENPEACE AUSTRALIA PACIFIC/AFP via Getty Images)
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Scientists seek rare species survivors amid Australia bushfires
This December 2019 photo provided by Guy Ballard shows a male brush-tailed rock wallaby eating supplementary food researchers provided in the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park in New South Wales, Australia. Before this fire season, scientists estimated there were as few as 15,000 left in the wild. Now recent fires in a region already stricken by drought have burned through some of their last habitat, and the species is in jeopardy of disappearing, Ballard said.
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Storms lash some bushfire-hit regions in Australia, causing floods and road closures
Bushland is seen burnt by fire as rain pools in large puddles at Bilpin, in the Blue Mountains, Australia, on Jan. 17, 2020.
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Australia town mourns volunteer firefighter killed in bushfires
Megan, the widow of NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) volunteer firefighter Samuel McPaul, wipes away tears as she watches the casket being loaded into the hearse during McPaul's funeral at Holbrook Sports Stadium in Albury, NSW, Australia, January 17, 2020.
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Ontario sending nine more firefighters to Australia to help battle wildfires
A firefighter keeps an eye on a controlled burn as they work at building a containment line near Bodalla, Australia, on Jan. 12, 2020.
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Australia firefighters save world’s last remaining ‘dinosaur trees’
In this photo taken early Jan. 2020, and provided Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, by the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service personnel inspect Wollemi pine trees in the Wollemi National Park, New South Wales, Australia. Specialist firefighters have saved the world’s last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from wildfires that razed forests west of Sydney.
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Australia’s weather bureau says country will have to wait until March for sustained rains to douse bushfires
A burnt house is seen following bushfires in Budgong National Park in New South Wales on January 15, 2020. - The confirmed death toll rose to 28 on January 15, as the fires have already destroyed more than 2,000 homes and burnt 10 million hectares (100,000 square kilometres) of land -- an area larger than South Korea or Portugal.
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Canadian firefighters expect to use tailored tactics to battle blazes in Australia
Boats are pulled ashore as smoke and wildfires rage behind Lake Conjola, Australia, on Jan. 2, 2020.
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PM Scott Morrison says Australia ‘open for business’ amid concerns bushfires would damage tourism industry
A firefighter keeps an eye on a controlled fire as they work at building a containment line near Bodalla, Australia, on Jan. 12, 2020.
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Australia commits funds to emergency wildlife recovery program amidst ‘ecological disaster’ caused by wildfires
Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Services (WIRES) volunteer and carer Tracy Dodd holds a kangaroo with burnt feet pads after being rescued from bushfires in Australia's Blue Mountains area, December 30, 2019.