Lightning strikes across south-eastern Australia last week and early this week have ignited fires in several states. Some of the fires generated so much smoke that they could be seen from ...

These before-and-after aerial photos of Australia ... the areas heavily damaged by the fires. Climate activists say fossil fuel-emitting companies should fund Australia fire recovery A tax of ...

The vast clouds of smoke from Australia's historic bush fires are expected to circle the Earth and return to the country, Nasa says. The US agency said satellites have been monitoring the movement ...