Vast swaths of southeastern Australia are sweltering in a heat wave that’s pushed temperatures to close to 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) and forced some residents to protect their ...

Millions of people in southeastern Australia are sweating through a record-breaking heat wave. The heat this week is likely ...

The small town of Walpeup, about 400 kilometers northwest of Melbourne, and the airport in the nearby town of Hopetoun both ...

More than 1,000 families in Victoria are being urged to evacuate as bushfires burn across the state and a severe heatwave pushes temperatures in parts of southeast Australia towards 50C.

The heatwave is the worst seen in Victoria, since the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires that killed 173 people, and is not expected to ease until the weekend.

The mercury in Ouyen, in Victoria's north-west, is tipped to hit 49C amid what could be a record-breaking heatwave in the state.

Heat records are set to be broken in the south of the country as volatile bushfire conditions cause communities to evacuate.

Victoria's Environment Protection Authority rated the air quality in Melbourne's central business district as very poor on ...

Victoria’s Emergency Management Commissioner Tim Wiebusch said at a Melbourne press conference that hot and windy conditions from Saturday will ...

Indian and Sikh volunteers are stepping up to aid Australia's bushfire crisis in Victoria. Discover how these communities bridge cultural divides, providing essential meals and manpower while navigati ...