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Rural Fire Service (RFS) crews engage in property protection of a number of homes along the Old Hume Highway near the town of Tahmoor as the Green Wattle Creek Fire …

A fire blazes across bush as seen from Mount Tomah in New South Wales, Australia December 15, 2019 in this still image obtained from social media video. NSW RFS – …

Members of a dive squad conduct a search during a recovery operation around White Island New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday that official inquiries into last week’s …

Thousands of baby grey-headed flying foxes have been abandoned by their mothers in the latest example of wildlife devastation caused by Australia’s severe drought and bushfires, which disrupted the bats’ …

A military plane and helicopter are seen at the airport in Whakatane, New Zealand Police in New Zealand are planning a mission to volcanic White Island on Friday to retrieve …

A satellite imagery of the White Island volcano, also known as Whakaari, taken on December 11, 2019 following its eruption in New Zealand. Satellite image ©2019 Maxar Technologies/via REUTERS ATTTENTION …

People take part in a non-binding independence referendum in Kunua Community, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea The South Pacific islands of Bougainville have overwhelmingly voted to be independent from Papua New …

A seagull perches on a sign as a ferry can be seen through smoke haze from bushfires, in Sydney, Australia, December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Stephen Coates Smoke from Australia’s fierce bushfires …

Smoke from the volcanic eruption of Whakaari, also known as White Island, is pictured from a boat, New Zealand December 9, 2019 in this picture grab obtained from a social …

People watch as smoke from the Green Wattle Creek fire is seen from Echo Point lookout in Katoomba A giant bushfire on the edge of Sydney, which has blanketed the …