Thousands of people have fled their homes on the outskirts of Athens and hundreds have been evacuated by boat from the nearby island of Evia as Greece faced a fourth day of wildfires fuelled by strong winds and searing temperatures.
As major fires continue to burn across Greece, an official has said the monuments at Olympia, a key site of antiquity in the country's west, had been saved from approaching flames.
Greece is forecast to remain in the grip of a heatwave that is not expected to let up all week, with temperatures climbing above 40 degrees Celsius across the country during the day and staying there for hours.
Designs for a $7.2 million state-of-the-art National Seed Bank at the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra were unveiled this morning, that will almost quadruple the existing bank’s capacity to store the seeds of rare and threatened species.
Labor MP Kristy McBain has continued to call on the Federal Government to extend the HomeBuilder scheme for residents affected by last summer’s horror bushfires.
The Federal Member for Eden-Monaro has previously raised...
The idea that the bushfire recovery efforts one year on have our coastal neighbours recovered and moved into new homes is a misconception, according to the national online charity GIVIT, who say...
Weston Creek Men’s Shed is coordinating with the Quaama Men’s Shed to send a second shipping container of donated tools and craft supplies to fire-affected residents in the NSW Bega Valley.
Emergency warnings for natural disasters in the ACT have become clearer as the Territory yesterday adopted the new, nationally-consistent Australian Warning System.
The new system has changed the way incidents are displayed on...
For Long Beach resident Grace Hornby, last summer’s bushfires are never far from her mind.
Evacuating over the New Year period from her NSW South Coast home with her partner and two young...
A group of local volunteers joined forces with ACT Parks in Namadgi National Park over the weekend, working to help restore the land following the Orroral Valley bushfires last summer.
The ACT Rural Fire Service (ACTRFS) has welcomed 48 new recruits ahead of summer and in preparation for the current 2020-21 bushfire season.
The newest recruits have joined the ACTRFS after there was...
