Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Australia: Three Missing in Victoria as Heatwave Fuels Catastrophic Fire Conditions

Three people, including a child, have been reported missing after a home burned down in Longwood on Friday, January 9, as catastrophic bushfires sweep through Victoria and South Australia. Authorities remain on high alert with dozens of towns under threat and multiple properties already destroyed by the out-of-control blazes.

E

Pakistan: Wildfire Reignites On Islamabad’s Margalla Hills 2

Firefighters battled the new round of bushfires on Margalla Hills in the Islamabad Capital Territory on Friday, May 31, days after the previous ones were extinguished.

E

Pakistan: Wildfire Reignites On Islamabad’s Margalla Hills

Firefighters battled the new round of bushfires on Margalla Hills in the Islamabad Capital Territory on Friday, May 31, days after the previous ones were extinguished.

E

Hazard reduction burns increase severity of Australian bushfires: study

STORY: Hazard reduction burns increase severity of Australian bushfires: study SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 23, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 24, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:41 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of prescribed burning during Australian bushfires STORYLINE: Prescribed burning programs aimed at reducing the impact of Australian bushfires are making forests more flammable, research has found. In a study published on Monday, researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) and Curtin University called for a major rethink of Australia's fire prevention strategies. Researchers, led by David Lindenmayer from ANU's Fenner School of Environment and Society, reviewed existing analyses of bushfires in Australia as well as Brazil, the United States and Spain, concluding that forests that had been thinned, logged or previously burned faced a higher risk of high-severity fires. They found that logging and hazard reduction burns -- a common practice across Australia outside of fire seas

E

XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2022-CHINA NEWS

(230109) -- BEIJING, Jan. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A helicopter performs fire-fighting operations in Fuling District of southwest China's Chongqing, Aug. 18, 2022. Local authorities quickly organized actions to put out fire and evacuate nearby residents as bushfires broke out in forests in Lizhi and Jiangbei subdistricts of Fuling District at about 18:28 and 20:30 on Aug. 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

E

Australia mourn fire victims before World Cup qualifier

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Members of the Australian soccer team offer a silent prayer each wearing a black band on their left arm before the start of an Asia zone Group A qualifier for the 2010 World Cup finals at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama on Feb. 11. More than 180 people were killed in Australia's deadly bushfires.

E

Aussie state releases critically endangered frogs back into wild

STORY: Aussie state releases critically endangered frogs back into wild DATELINE: April 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:51 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of the frog STORYLINE: In its latest bid to restore the population of the endangered species, the government of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) announced on Tuesday the release of 100 critically endangered spotted tree frogs back into the wild. The frog species were completely wiped out in NSW in 2001 due to chytrid fungus, which causes sporadic deaths in frog colonies and affects frog populations around the globe. The new population of the frogs was bred in captivity after being sourced from areas of the Australian state of Victoria where they have displayed resistance to the disease. The release marks the first attempt to restore the species' population since the bushfires. They were released in Kosciuszko National Park, Australia's highest alpine environment. Environment NSW's partnership with Zoos Victoria and

E

Aboriginal fire-stick farming

People participate in a workshop on Aboriginal fire-stick farming in Bungendore, Australia, on July 25, 2020. Some experts say the practice -- burning undergrowth and dry leaves in small-scale controlled fires to clear the land -- is an effective measure to control and reduce the increasingly intense summer bushfires in the country.

E

Aboriginal fire-stick farming

People participate in a workshop on Aboriginal fire-stick farming in Bungendore, Australia, on July 25, 2020. Some experts say the practice -- burning undergrowth and dry leaves in small-scale controlled fires to clear the land -- is an effective measure to control and reduce the increasingly intense summer bushfires in the country.

E

Aboriginal fire-stick farming

People participate in a workshop on Aboriginal fire-stick farming in Bungendore, Australia, on July 25, 2020. Some experts say the practice -- burning undergrowth and dry leaves in small-scale controlled fires to clear the land -- is an effective measure to control and reduce the increasingly intense summer bushfires in the country.

E

Aboriginal fire-stick farming

Den Barber, an indigenous man and former national park ranger, explains Aboriginal fire-stick farming during a workshop in Bungendore, Australia, on July 25, 2020. Some experts say the practice -- burning undergrowth and dry leaves in small-scale controlled fires to clear the land -- is an effective measure to control and reduce the increasingly intense summer bushfires in the country.

E

Japan to help fight bushfires in Australia

Japanese Air Self-Defense Force Col. Masashi Ota (C) meets the press soon after a C-130 transport plane, carrying him and other ASDF members, arrived at an airbase in Richmond, Australia, on Jan. 16, 2020, to help fight bushfires raging across the country. Japan sent two C-130 planes to Australia for the mission, undertaken by 70 ASDF personnel under his leadership. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Japan to help fight bushfires in Australia

A C-130 transport plane of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force arrives at an airbase in Richmond, Australia, on Jan. 16, 2020, to help fight bushfires raging across the country. Japan sent two C-130 planes to Australia for the mission, undertaken by 70 ASDF personnel. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo