California bushfires
Heat records are toppling in the northern hemisphere. What does it mean for Australia’s summer?
Temperatures have topped 50 degrees in 10 countries around the world in the past year, but Australia could experience a cooler, wetter summer.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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On the firefront: Aussies lend expert hand to battle US blazes
Sydney Morning Herald chief photographer Nick Moir has joined NSW RFS members and thousands of firefighters from across the US who are attempting to slow the destructive progress of the raging California Fire Park fires.
- by Nick Moir
RFS aerial firefighters deployed to slow the spread of The Park Fire
The pilots and crew from the NSW RFS “Marie Bashir” talk about the RFS aircraft deployment to California. Their mission is to create containment lines and slow the spread of The Park Fire.
RFS volunteer Stuart Dawson oversees a forestry taskforce in Oregon
RFS volunteer Stuart Dawson has been put in charge of a taskforce of forestry workers on huge tree harvesting machinery. They are preparing a secondary containment line near the town of Oakridge, in mountainous and heavily forested southern Oregon.
California fires rage despite cooler temperatures
In Southern California, cooler temperatures and rain brought respite to firefighters battling the massive Fairview Fire about 121 kilometres southeast of Los Angeles.
Emergency declared as wildfire erupts near Yosemite
A fast-moving brush fire near Yosemite National Park has exploded in size, prompting evacuation orders for thousands of people.
- by Noah Berger and Jocelyn Gecker
Up to a fifth of world’s biggest trees destroyed in recent fires
The blazes burnt hot enough and high enough to kill thousands of giant sequoias – trees once considered nearly fire-proof.
- by Brian Melley
World’s largest tree wrapped in aluminium as raging fire nears
The base of the colossal General Sherman Tree in Sequoia National Park has been wrapped in a fire-resistant blanket to protect it against intense flames.
- by Noah Berger and John Antczak
‘We didn’t expect a monster like this’: Wildfires devastate California
Fuelled by strong winds and bone-dry vegetation, the Dixie Fire has grown to become one of the largest wildfires in California’s history.
- by Daisy Nguyen and Noah Berger
Carbon offset forests burn in US fires, raising doubts over climate credits
Tree projects helping companies such as BP and Microsoft reach climate targets have been hit by the massive blazes up the west coast of the US.
- by Rozina Sabur
Fire engulfs California town, destroying shops and homes
Thousands of residents of the town of Greenville had evacuated earlier under a warning from authorities that they were in imminent danger.
- by Noah Berger
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