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Australia's Massive Wildfires Widened Ozone Hole, Finds Study
The smoke triggered by the wildfires went to heights of upto 30 kilometres, where the smoke triggered chemical reactions harming atmospheric ozone.
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3 Billion Animals Killed, Displaced By Australia's Bushfires: Report
Australia's unique wildlife is being devastated by bushfires, drought, habitat loss and global warming, a government report said Tuesday, warning that more species were headed for extinction.
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Search Dog Taylor A Bushfire-Hit Koala's Best Friend
Taylor, a 4-year-old English springer spaniel, has been among the hard working rescuers during Australia's bushfire crisis.
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Burj Khalifa Lights Up In Support Of Australia Over Devastating Wildfires
The world's tallest tower, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, lit up Wednesday night in solidarity with Australia where devastating fires are still burning.
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5,000 Camels Shot Dead In 5 Days In Drought-Hit Australia Amid Wildfire
Helicopter-borne marksmen killed more than 5,000 camels in a five-day cull of feral herds that were threatening indigenous communities in drought-stricken areas of southern Australia, officials said Tuesday.
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Australia To Kill Up To 10,000 Camels Amid Wildfires: Report
Authorities in Australia will begin five-day campaign to kill thousands of camels in the country as they drink too much water amid the wildfires.
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"Red Sky, Choking Dust": Thousands Trapped On Australia Beaches By Wildfires
Thousands of tourists and residents in an Australian seaside town hunkered down in public buildings or waded into water at the seafront on Tuesday as wailing emergency sirens warned of a looming, fierce firefront.
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"An Awful Day": 3,000 Firefighters Battle Raging Australian Wildfires
Catastrophic conditions fuelled massive bushfires across Australia's New South Wales state on Saturday, with two blazes around Sydney burning at emergency level, while in South Australia one person was found dead in a fire zone.
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Climate Change Fuels Bushfire Risk As Australia Heats Up
"A sunburnt country... with a pitiless blue sky", so the famous poem goes, but where once Australia could rely on "steady, soaking rain", a trend of hotter and drier weather as the climate warms is making it more vulnerable to severe bushfires.
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2 Dead As Firefighters Battle Huge Australia Bushfire
Two people have died and more than a hundred homes have been destroyed in a huge bushfire, Australian authorities said today, as firefighters battled to tame the out-of-control blaze.
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Australian Wildfire Razes 26 Homes, 29 People Seek Treatment
Officials say more than two dozen homes have been destroyed or badly damaged and almost 30 people have sought medical treatment as a result of a massive wildfire that has raged out of control for days across farms and woodland in southern Australia.
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Bushfire Burns Out of Control in Southern Australia
Houses were lost as an intense bushfire raged out of control in South Australia today, as authorities warned the state faced its worst wildfire danger since deadly 1983 blazes.
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Australia Wildfires Kill Firefighter, Raze Two Homes
A firefighter has been killed and at least two homes have been destroyed by Australian wildfires in recent days.
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Australian wildfires destroy at least 20 homes
At least 20 homes have been razed in the worst fire conditions Australia has seen since a deadly 2009 inferno which killed 173 people, with flames threatening the country's second-largest city, officials said on Monday.
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Australian fires turn deadly as heatwave scorches
One person has died in a massive bushfire raging in southeastern Australia, police said on Friday, as firefighters around the country battled blazes amid a scorching heatwave.
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Australia's Massive Wildfires Widened Ozone Hole, Finds Study
The smoke triggered by the wildfires went to heights of upto 30 kilometres, where the smoke triggered chemical reactions harming atmospheric ozone.
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3 Billion Animals Killed, Displaced By Australia's Bushfires: Report
Australia's unique wildlife is being devastated by bushfires, drought, habitat loss and global warming, a government report said Tuesday, warning that more species were headed for extinction.
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Search Dog Taylor A Bushfire-Hit Koala's Best Friend
Taylor, a 4-year-old English springer spaniel, has been among the hard working rescuers during Australia's bushfire crisis.
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Burj Khalifa Lights Up In Support Of Australia Over Devastating Wildfires
The world's tallest tower, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, lit up Wednesday night in solidarity with Australia where devastating fires are still burning.
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5,000 Camels Shot Dead In 5 Days In Drought-Hit Australia Amid Wildfire
Helicopter-borne marksmen killed more than 5,000 camels in a five-day cull of feral herds that were threatening indigenous communities in drought-stricken areas of southern Australia, officials said Tuesday.
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Australia To Kill Up To 10,000 Camels Amid Wildfires: Report
Authorities in Australia will begin five-day campaign to kill thousands of camels in the country as they drink too much water amid the wildfires.
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"Red Sky, Choking Dust": Thousands Trapped On Australia Beaches By Wildfires
Thousands of tourists and residents in an Australian seaside town hunkered down in public buildings or waded into water at the seafront on Tuesday as wailing emergency sirens warned of a looming, fierce firefront.
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"An Awful Day": 3,000 Firefighters Battle Raging Australian Wildfires
Catastrophic conditions fuelled massive bushfires across Australia's New South Wales state on Saturday, with two blazes around Sydney burning at emergency level, while in South Australia one person was found dead in a fire zone.
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Climate Change Fuels Bushfire Risk As Australia Heats Up
"A sunburnt country... with a pitiless blue sky", so the famous poem goes, but where once Australia could rely on "steady, soaking rain", a trend of hotter and drier weather as the climate warms is making it more vulnerable to severe bushfires.
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2 Dead As Firefighters Battle Huge Australia Bushfire
Two people have died and more than a hundred homes have been destroyed in a huge bushfire, Australian authorities said today, as firefighters battled to tame the out-of-control blaze.
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Australian Wildfire Razes 26 Homes, 29 People Seek Treatment
Officials say more than two dozen homes have been destroyed or badly damaged and almost 30 people have sought medical treatment as a result of a massive wildfire that has raged out of control for days across farms and woodland in southern Australia.
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Bushfire Burns Out of Control in Southern Australia
Houses were lost as an intense bushfire raged out of control in South Australia today, as authorities warned the state faced its worst wildfire danger since deadly 1983 blazes.
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Australia Wildfires Kill Firefighter, Raze Two Homes
A firefighter has been killed and at least two homes have been destroyed by Australian wildfires in recent days.
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Australian wildfires destroy at least 20 homes
At least 20 homes have been razed in the worst fire conditions Australia has seen since a deadly 2009 inferno which killed 173 people, with flames threatening the country's second-largest city, officials said on Monday.
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Australian fires turn deadly as heatwave scorches
One person has died in a massive bushfire raging in southeastern Australia, police said on Friday, as firefighters around the country battled blazes amid a scorching heatwave.
