Hell on Earth one day - Christmas the next. Is the Planet done?

Melbourne, Australia - The country experienced its worst natural disaster ever at the begging of this year. With fires ravaging regions of Victoria for days; many people lost their homes and lands. The devestation...

Australian Wildfires - Black Saturday Reflections - Eyewitness

Black Saturday - Reflections on a Victorian Tragedy - Australian Wildfires by Craig Parker Words Copyright © 2009 Craig Parker Images Copyright © 2009 Australian Broadcasting Corporation I am one of the lucky...

Australia holds day of mourning for wildfire victims

Australia held a day of mourning today for the Australia wildfire victims; the worst wildfire disaster in the country's history. Tens of thousands of people attended the memorial service in Melbourne. There were a...

Two people arrested over Victorian bushfires in Australia

Two people have been arrested over the Victorian bushfires in Australia after police responded this morning to suspicious behaviour between Seymour and Yea, which is north of Melbourne. Police are not saying much...

AUSTRALIA: Fire crews facing dual threat as winds fan blazes

Update: Friday 13 Feb. the fires are now under control, with ongoing careful management, and support from federal police and the army. " Fire crews facing dual threat as winds fan blazes Posted 6 hours 29 minutes...

UPDATE: State of shock, as fires burn whole towns

AUSTRALIA: Fires are still burning across Victoria, from the North West Dalesford area, east to the Dandenong Ranges and south east to Wilsons Prom on the coast. More fires are expected with dangerous weather...

Australia Bushfire Survivors Tell Stories of Heroism in Hell

As the Australian bushfires continue to ravage the Southern part of the country, with some counts showing as many as 171 people dead, stories of heroism in the hell fires are starting to emerge.  Survivors of...

For burn survivors, aftermath will go on long after Oz fires end

The bush fires throughout Victoria, Australia have so far claimed the lives of 173 people.  Identification experts have relieved volunteer fire fighters in recovering those who have perished in the blazes,...

Death Toll in Australian Bushfires Reaches 130

Update: The death toll has passed 130, in what Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard described as the worst event in Australia's peacetime history.""A tragedy beyond belief, beyond precedent and really beyond...

Rudd, Red Cross Launch Bushfire Appeal

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has pledged army support for the firefighters battling the bushfires that are ravaging Victoria. Also, Rudd pledged AU$14 million in federal funds to assist those forced from...

35 dead in Australia's worst fires in years; temperatures rising

35 people have died and many more could perish as the wildfires continue to rage across southeastern Australia, while homes, farms and countryside are burned to the ground. This is the worst wildfire disaster in...

Fire Storm - Australian Wildfires - Fire Fighters Injured

Australian Wildfires - Still Burning - Fire Fighters Injured All images and words in this article Copyright © 2009 Australian Broadcasting Corporation   http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/08/2485648.htm...

Australian bush fires 'kill 14'

The Bush fire in south-eastern Australia have killed 14 people , and the fire is spreadind in easter direction. The fire fightrs are struggling hard to control it due to high temperature and wind. " Bush fires...