SYDNEY -- It has been described as Australia's Galapagos Islands and has long been a refuge for some of the country's most endangered creatures. But devastating wildfires over recent days have undone ...

Hundreds of wildfires are burning across Australia forcing thousands to evacuate -- and the U.S. Embassy to issue a warning to tourists on the south coast of New South Wales to get out. "It's really ...

Correction appended: Oct. 24, 2013, 2:05 a.m. E.T. Wildfires are nothing new in Australia, a sunburned country with plenty of vegetation to burn to a crisp when temperatures skyrocket during the ...

In a grim video posted on Twitter, a man drives into the fire-ravaged town of Batlow in the Australian state of New South Wales. Both sides of the road are covered with ash and lingering smoke.

Millions of people living on the expanding outskirts of Australia’s major cities face an increasing risk of urban wildfires similar to the deadly blazes in Los Angeles County last year. Suburbs on the ...