Bushfires
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- South Korea
Dozens dead and injured as bushfires ravage South Korea
Tens of thousands of people have been told to evacuate and a helicopter pilot has been killed trying to extinguish some of the worst fires the nation has ever experienced.
- Kim Tong-Hyung
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Bushfire warning for Woodvale downgraded, but residents told to stay updated
DFES have downgraded a bushfire warning for Perth’s northern suburbs – but residents have been told to stay updated in case conditions change.
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- Building insurance
The outlook for house insurance is much worse than we’re being told
Insurance companies, the banks and the government know what’s coming, but they don’t want to talk about it before it happens, mainly because they don’t know what to do about it.
- Ross Gittins
Caught off guard by bushfire, Montrose residents eager to develop their survival plans
Flames twice the height of trees moved through the area at the weekend, destroying one home and damaging two others.
- Ashleigh McMillan and Alexander Darling
The maps that reveal how climate disasters are driving up insurance premiums in Sydney
The accelerating risk of climate disasters including floods, bushfires and storms means Sydneysiders in some parts of the city are paying over three times more for home insurance than others.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
The two Black Hawk helicopters restricted from helping in a disaster
The NSW Rural Fire Service is spending millions retrofitting two choppers, but it won’t be able to use them for floods, bushfires and other disasters.
- Matt O'Sullivan
- What happens in Vegas
- NRL 2025
LA fires force Delta Goodrem to withdraw from NRL Las Vegas performance
Goodrem and the NRL had been in discussions for the Aussie to star in the season opener in Nevada.
- Michael Chammas, Adrian Proszenko and Danny Weidler
Barbara lost everything. The road to recovery has taken some unexpected turns
When the media left town and COVID hit, victims of the Black Summer bushfires were left to pick up the pieces. Five years on, here’s what happened to some of them.
- Penry Buckley and James Brickwood
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- Editorial
Five years on from Black Summer, climate crisis should not be a debate
The memory of Black Summer should remind Australia that climate change should not be subject to a debate, but a disaster response.
- The Herald's View
Five years on, Cobargo residents rebuild
Kyle Moser and David Wilson lost everything when bushfires devastated the South Coast in 2019. Now, their rebuilt home is nearly ready for them to move into. (Video by Tom Compagnoni)
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/bushfires-5vj