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Beachgoers are pictured beneath a charred tree burnt during the recent bushfires in Malua Bay, New South Wales, Australia, January 22, 2020. Photo: Reuters
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Strong winds and scorching heat reignite Australia's bushfire danger

Since September, hundreds of wildfires in Australia have killed 29 people as well as an estimated 1 billion native animals, while incinerating 2,500 homes and a total area of bushland one-third the...

In the bushfire at 27 people are dead, 2,00 homes have been razed, and million acres of forest and bush have been wiped out. Photo: Bloomberg/AFP
Thoughts

Don't let Australia's crisis go to waste

A view of orange skies in Auckland, New Zealand, from smoke plumes caused by bushfires in Australia January 5, 2020/Reuters
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Australia's bushfires turn neighbouring New Zealand's skies bright orange

A natural color satellite image shows smoke from wildfires burning east of Obrost, Victoria, Australia January 4, 2020. Satellite image ©2020 Maxar TechnologiesHandout via/Reuters
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New bushfire flares in southeast Australia as damage assessment begins

A supplied image obtained January 3, 2020 shows HMAS Choules' Fast Recovery Craft making its way to Mallacoota, Victoria, Australia, January 2, 2020. Photo:Reuters
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Australian navy begins mass evacuations as new fire threat looms

A fire blazes across bush as seen from Mount Tomah in New South Wales, Australia December 15, 2019 in this still image obtained from social media video. Photo :Reuters
Climate Change

Is it time to learn to live amidst fires?

Rural Fire Service (RFS) crews engage in property protection of a number of homes along the Old Hume Highway near the town of Tahmoor as the Green Wattle Creek Fire threatens a number of communities in the southwest of Sydney, Australia, December 19, 2019/ AAP Image via Reuters
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Bushfires hit emergency level on Sydney's outskirts; one dead in South Australia

A fire blazes across bush as seen from Mount Tomah in New South Wales, Australia December 15, 2019 in this still image obtained from social media video. Photo :Reuters
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Australia's NSW declares state of emergency for bushfires

Fort Denison is seen as haze from the ongoing bushfires covers the city skyline and the Sydney Opera House in the background, in Sydney, Australia November 21, 2019. REUTERS/John Mair/File Photo
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Sydney gasps for air as Australia bushfire smoke reaches record levels