More than 1,000 families in Victoria are being urged to evacuate as bushfires burn across the state and a severe heatwave pushes temperatures in parts of southeast Australia towards 50C.

Vast swaths of southeastern Australia are sweltering in a heat wave that’s pushed temperatures to close to 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) and forced some residents to protect their ...

Parts of Australia were sweltered in record temperatures of close to 122 degrees as the country sweated through a prolonged ...

Southern Australia is enduring its most intense heatwave in years, with temperatures set to soar from today until the weekend ...

The second major heatwave in a month could see temperatures rise to 49 deg C in some regions. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Firefighters in Victoria are battling at least six major fires amid a record-breaking heatwave.

South-eastern Australia is experiencing one of its worst heatwaves on record as drought lingers and fires burn.

Three people, including a child, are missing after bushfires tore through parts of Victoria under “catastrophic” conditions, destroying homes and forcing emergency warnings across south-eastern ...

AUSTRALIA -- An animal rescue group in Australia is now caring for a group of baby wallabies after they were rescued from the devastating wildfires. Seven joeys were taken to the home of ecologist ...