A lethal combination of soaring temperatures and high winds gave the New South Wales bushfire season a vicious jolt with more than 80 fires raging across the state.

There are a million questions one could ask the woman sitting on a Sri Lankan hospital bed, but for now only one matters: is she Padma Wawlanbokke?

Fiji will today start cleaning up and counting the cost after Cyclone Mick swept across the Pacific nation yesterday.

Was it just me or did the lady who was crying about her island going under water because of global warming seem fake?

Vast tracts of South Australia are preparing for another baking day of catastrophic fire risk after yesterday's 40C-plus temperatures.

Impact of tsunami on Auckland would be widespread but not deadly.