Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bushfire rips through Mount Lawson State Park in Australia's Victoria state (Handout) (Handout/Forest Fire Management ...

Australia is commemorating the 17th anniversary of the Black Saturday blaze, the nation’s deadliest bushfire disaster that claimed 173 lives and changed the country forever.

Today, we pause to remember a moment that reshaped our communities and continues to shape how we care for one another.Seventeen years on from the ...

The heatwave is the worst seen in Victoria, since the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires that killed 173 people, and is not expected to ease until the weekend.

Canberra: A record breaking heatwave that has gripped southeastern Australia for the fifth consecutive day has exacerbated bushfires, strained the ...