Some of the world's most destructive bushfires take place in the southern state. Its unique mix of fierce winds, high fuel loads and rugged terrain are to blame.

Hundreds of people have been evacuated as bushfires erupt again in Victoria. Thousands of people are expected to protest in Invasion Day rallies around the country today. A severe heatwave is gripping ...

More than 1,000 families in Victoria are being urged to evacuate as bushfires burn across the state and a severe heatwave ...

In the days leading up to an extreme heatwave hitting Victoria, outreach workers raced against time to alert as many rough ...

Local authorities say factors such as the dry landscape and climate change contributed to intense fires during an early ...

Properties have been destroyed and residents are evacuating, as firefighters continue to battle a fierce bushfire in Victoria ...

Victoria is grappling with a series of major fires as record-breaking heatwave sweeps across southeastern ...

From bushfires Down Under to European floods, insurance and brokerage leaders are facing the same pressure-cooker mix: surge volumes, complex coverage questions, increasing claims costs, rising custom ...

By Renju Jose and Christine Chen SYDNEY, Jan 27 (Reuters) - A major heatwave across Australia's southeast stoked bushfires, forced hundreds of residents in rural towns to evacuate and brought ...

Multiple bushfires were “threatening lives and homes” across several suburbs in Perth, on Monday, February 2, emergency ...

Firefighters have been put to the test with three emergency-level bushfires burning across Perth. Australia will run a ...

Victoria’s Energy Minister Lily D'Ambrosio attributed the mass outages to “a combination of bushfires burning out electricity assets, trees falling on poles and wires, and heat-related equipment ...