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Evacuations are ordered for the towns of Tara, Wieambilla, and The Gums, Queensland, Australia, after more than 32 buildings are destroyed by ongoing bushfires.
2023-10-28

Two people are killed, and more than five buildings are destroyed, as more than forty out-of-control bushfires continue to burn in the Darling Downs in Queensland, Australia.
2023-10-25

Flooding continues in Australia, with over 220 people being rescued from floodwaters in New South Wales in the past 24 hours.
2022-11-15

New restrictions are imposed in Sydney and surrounding towns as the number of COVID-19 cases increases. Household visits are limited to five people, capacity quotas are introduced at businesses and masks are made mandatory in all non-residential indoor settings. The other states and territories of Australia, as well as New Zealand, close their borders with New South Wales.
2021-06-23

A C-130 water bomber crashes in southern New South Wales, Australia, while helping control a bushfire. Three American firefighters are killed.
2020-01-23

Around 7,500 people in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, stage a protest against Prime Minister Scott Morrison's lack of acknowledgement towards an ongoing bushfire caused by drought and climate change.
2019-12-11

A state of emergency is declared in New South Wales, Australia, as a bushfire continues to burn out of control. More than 500 personnel from the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, Fire and Rescue NSW and the Australian Defence Force are tackling the bushfire, which has torn through the Holsworthy Barracks and threatens the suburbs of Sydney.
2018-04-15

Bushfires threaten the suburbs of Brigadoon, Baskerville, Willendon, Red Hill and Herne Hill in Perth, Western Australia.
2011-02-6

Several rivers flood in the southern state of Victoria, including in the capital Melbourne.
2011-01-14

French and Australian rescue crews find four French nationals who died in a helicopter crash in Antarctica.
2010-10-30