The Pigeon Express
A large fire has engulfed the world’s largest sand island, Fraser Island that’s off Australia’s eastern Queensland coast. Firefighters are struggling to battle the large bushfire. Dozens of residents of Happy Valley were earlier urged to evacuate as the blaze raged east across Fraser Island. For six weeks, firefighters have been struggling to control the […]
At least 3 billion animals were killed or displaced during Australia’s devastating bushfires of the past year. Mammals, reptiles, birds and frogs died in the flames or from loss of habitat. The findings meant it was one of “worst wildlife disasters in modern history”, said the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), which commissioned the […]
Torrential rain across the east coast of Australia has extinguished a third of the fires in the region – and could put more out, officials say. A wide band of rain sweeping New South Wales (NSW) has put out 20 of about 60 fires in the state in the past day. Authorities have welcomed the […]
Three American crew members have died after an RFS aerial water tanker crashed in the Snowy Monaro area on Thursday afternoon. The wreckage was located by search crews and early reports suggest only the plane’s tail section is intact, while the remainder broke up on impact. Crews say the crash site is surrounded by difficult […]
A six-year-old boy has raised more than $47,000 for the animals affected by the Australian wildfires by making clay koalas. Two weeks ago, Owen Colley, from Hingham, Massachusetts, learned that animals were being hurt by the fires in Australia, which experts estimate have killed up to one billion animals. Shortly after, Owen expressed a desire […]
Australia’s unprecedented wildfires season has so far charred 40,000 square miles of brush land, rainforests, and national parks – killing more than a billion animals. Where flames subsided, biologists are starting to look for survivors, hoping they may find enough left of some rare and endangered species to rebuild populations. It’s a grim task for […]
Heavy rains lashed the fire-ravaged parts of eastern Australia bringing a relief to firefighters and farmers, but it sparked flash floods. The downpour forced authorities to scramble to save native animals. As the rain hit on Thursday the New South Wales State Emergency Services department warned that the sudden heavy downpours in some areas would bring […]
A man who lost his house in the Australian bushfires, will now be able to rebuild his apparently uninsured house with an amount of $1 Million which he has won in a lottery. The man who wishes to keep his name a secret had lost his property in the New South Wales coast region, during […]
The 19-month-old daughter of a firefighter who was killed battling Australia bushfires was presented with his helmet and medal of honour during his funeral. Volunteer firefighter Andrew O’Dwyer and his colleague Geoffrey Keaton died on December 19, when a burnt tree fell into the path of the fire engine they were travelling in. 36-year-old Mr […]
Ecologists are worried for the future of unique and endangered wildlife on Kangaroo Island where bushfires may have killed at least 50,000 koalas. Fires in South Australia, have so far burned through 155,000 hectares, about one third of the entire area with blazes concentrated in the biodiversity-rich western areas. Concerns are greatest for the unique […]
Australian federal government department responsible for managing emergencies shut its Canberra office due to poor air quality on Monday as the nation’s capital choked on smoke from deadly bushfires. Canberra had a rating over 340 on the Air Quality Index — higher than Beijing’s 170. Australia has been ravaged by some of the worst wildfires […]
At least 24 people have died since the fires began in September. Air quality in the capital Canberra was this weekend rated the worst in the world. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has warned that the devastating bushfires raging in the country might go on for months. Morrison announced the creation of a recovery agency […]