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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Australian state of Victoria faced its most dangerous bushfires in years on Friday, with dozens of active blazes fuelled by ...

Bushfires destroyed houses and razed vast belts of forest in southeast Australia on Friday, firefighters said, as hot winds fanned "hectic" conditions in the tinder-dry countryside. Temperatures ...

The Longwood bushfire burns, in a location given as Longwood, Victoria, Australia, in this handout image released on January 7, 2026. Wandong Fire Brigade/Handout via REUTERS SYDNEY, Jan 11 (Reuters) ...

Firefighters warned millions of Australians of "catastrophic" bushfire dangers on Thursday as they battled multiple blazes stoked by a heatwave blanketing the country. Temperatures are forecast to ...

SYDNEY — A record-breaking heatwave is impacting southeast Australia, with temperature records tumbling in parts of Victoria and South Australia. More than 1,000 families in Victoria are being urged ...