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Pine Forest Moor Hut on Overland Track destroyed by Tasmanian bushfires
A hut on Tasmania’s renowned Overland Track has been destroyed by fire. Aerial images taken on Wednesday afternoon confirmed ...
Firefighting effort on Tasmania's west coast continues as wilderness areas burn
Fires continue to burn in Tasmania's west, with multiple aircraft and ground crews involved in the effort to contain them — ...
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Forecast 90km/h wind gusts a ‘red flag’ for West Coast firefighting efforts
Damaging winds forecast for Tasmania’s west and north-west have raised concerns among firefighting authorities. Gusts of up ...
Increasing dry lightning strikes leaving Tasmania's wilderness areas at greater risk of fire, researcher says
As Tasmania battles more than a dozen fires sparked by a band of dry lightning strikes, some in high-value wilderness areas, ...
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Tasmania in the midst of a heatwave, with thunderstorms, heavy rain, wind gusts and hail forecast
But the Bureau of Meteorology has also warned ‘an abrupt change’ could bring more extreme weather and impact current ...
Dry lightning strikes spark bushfires in Tasmanian wilderness areas
Thousands of dry lightning strikes have sparked multiple bushfires, some within remote national parks and world heritage ...
BOM provides weather update with firefighters unlikely to face easing conditions
The fire broke out in Margate Plains in the Snug Tiers Nature Recreation Area around 4.40pm, with ember attacks and the bushfire expected to threaten homes in nearby Snug Falls Road, Snug Tiers Road ...
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Climate change impacting nature-based tourism in Tasmania
Little penguins are at the heart of calls by academics to assist the state’s tourism industry in adapting to changes caused by a warming climate. Find out why. In a Talking Point article in today’s ...