Posts Tagged ‘bushfire’

Australia’s West Coast Faces Bushfire Emergency Again

Months after bushfires destroyed houses in the regions around Perth Western Australia, residents in the Perth Hills are again facing the threat of losing their homes and potentially their lives as two destructive bushfires rage across the region as searing temperatures continue to affect Western Australia. Firefighters in the Perth hills are currently battling to […]

Australia urges thousands to abandon Covid lockdown as bushfire threatens Perth

Thousands of Australians have been told to ignore a Covid stay-home order and evacuate their homes in Perth as a bushfire on the city’s outskirts threatens to gather pace.  The blaze, which is the largest the Western Australian (WA) city has seen in years, has already burnt through more than 9,000 hectares, devastating 71 homes […]

Venomous jellyfish wash up on Cornish beaches, UK

     Mass strandings of highly venomous jellyfish have been reported from Cornish beaches in the past week. Huge rafts of the mauve stinger jellyfish (Pelagia noctiluca) have been reported around the coast of Cornwall. Rich Mulryne spotted thousands of the creatures at Poldhu beach on November 19, and there have also been reports from Tolcarne […]

Gladstone residents are preparing to evacuate as a bushfire moves in

RESIDENTS in parts of Gladstone, central Queensland, are being told to prepare to evacuate ahead of a bushfire in their area. At 11am, a large fire south of Gladstone was moving quickly to the southeast, northeast and north, and was expected to impact Little Creek Estate, Telina Estate, Parksville Estate, Toodoon Botanical Gardens and Mt […]

Pippingarra Bushfire Alert

The fire is posing a threat to lives and property in the immediate area and FESA has warned that conditions are changing. If you’re near Pippingarra you need to leave now or prepare to put your emergency plan into action. For those in the Pippingarra area, leave via Great Northern Highway travelling west to Port […]

Grasslands spark national bushfire warning

The Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre says recent heavy rains have contributed to dangerous bushfire conditions for summer. The Bushfire CRC’s Southern Australia Seasonal Bushfire Outlook says a thick, tall band of grass stretches from one end of the country to the other, including large areas of WA. The report says the middle of Australia, below […]

Grasslands a huge bushfire risk

Grasslands a huge bushfire risk By Will Ockenden Monday, 29/08/2011 Print page Email this Permalink The Bushfire Co-operative Research Centre warns conditions are right for a huge bushfire season through inland Australia. While the La Nina weather pattern brought drought-breaking rains, it also helped grasslands grow to shoulder height. That means a lot of fuel […]

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