Three task forces formed
MANAGEMENT OF HAZE, BUSH FIRES MIRI: Three task forces have been set up by Miri Division Disaster Management Committee (MDDMC) with various government agencies to minimise and manage the impact of haze and bush fires here. Minister in-charge of MDDMC Datuk Lee Kim Shin revealed the set up of three task forces to mitigate the […]
Haze returns, authorities to meet Monday
MIRI: The haze looks to be coming back. Several bush fires were detected in Kuala Baram and Permyjaya yesterday, resulting in thick haze shrouding these two areas. These hotspots are the same areas that were burned during last year’s bush fires. Bush fires have been Miri’s perennial problem every time the persistent dry and hot […]
Rain brings joy to firefighters, farmers
SYDNEY: Drought-breaking storms dumped desperately needed rain on some bushfireravaged parts of eastern Australia yesterday, while giving joy to many farmers who have faced losing precious livestock and crops. The rains gave exhausted firefighters a boost in battling some of the blazes, with more relief expected over the weekend as the wet weather is forecast […]
Relief as rain falls over bushfires
NOWRA (Australia): Rain fell across parts of bushfire-ravaged eastern Australia yesterday and more wet weather was forecast, giving some relief following months of catastrophic blazes fuelled by climate change. The fires, unprecedented for Australia in terms of duration and intensity, have claimed 28 lives and killed an estimated billion animals. Sustained hot weather and only […]
Makeshift koala hospital scrambles to save dozens injured in bushfires
Dozens of injured koalas arrive at the Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park’s makeshift animal hospital each day in cat carriers, washing baskets or clinging to wildlife carers. Injured in bushfires that have ravaged the wildlife haven off the coast of South Australia state, there are so many marsupials currently requiring urgent treatment that carers don’t have […]
Rain offers hope in bushfire fight
SYDNEY: Forecasts of heavy rain offered hope yesterday in the months-long battle to contain Australia’s unprecedented bushfires, but smoke lifted pollution levels in the nation’s second biggest city to among the worst in the world. Cool weather over recent days has already given some respite for exhausted firefighters spread out across vast swathes of the […]
Australia gets recovery fund
SYDNEY: Reserve troops fanned out across fire-ravaged regions in three Australian states yesterday after a horror weekend, as the government pledged $1.4 billion over two years to help recover from the devastating months-long crisis. Catastrophic bush fires have turned swathes of land into smouldering, blackened hells capes and destroyed an area about the size of […]
Australia orders mass evacuation
SYDNEY: Australia ordered residents and tourists out of the path of raging bush fires yesterday as the country braced for a weekend heatwave expected to fan the deadly inferno. Catastrophic blazes ripped through the country’s south-east on New Year’s Eve, killing at least eight people and stranding holidaymakers. New South Wales (NSW) Premier Gladys Berejiklian […]
Catastrophic bushfire warnings issued again for South Australia
CANBERRA: South Australia (SA) has been warned to prepare for catastrophic bushfire conditions for the third time in 10 days, reported Xinhua news agency. The Country Fire Service (CFS) issued catastrophic fire danger ratings — the highest possible rating — for three regions of the state, with all other districts hit with ratings of either […]
Hottest day in Australia
SYDNEY: Australia this week experienced its hottest day on record and the heatwave is expected to worsen, exacerbating an already unprecedented bushfire season, authorities said yesterday. The average nationwide temperatures of 40.9 degrees Celsius on Tuesday beat the previous record of 40.3 degrees Celsius in January 2013, the Bureau of Meteorology said. “This heat will […]
