Widespread fire concern for majority of state after years of heavy rain

Widespread fire concern for majority of state after years of heavy rain

As a hot and dry summer approaches,fire agencies are worried fires will sweep across large parts of the state that burnt during the Black Summer Bushfires.

  • byLaura Chung

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Severe weather smashes Sydney households,and insurance companies

Severe weather smashes Sydney households,and insurance companies

NRMA Insurance data found that Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region were hit hardest,accounting for half of all wild weather claims in the state.

  • byLaura Chung
‘So heartbreaking’:Family wait anxiously as police scour forest for missing woman

‘So heartbreaking’:Family wait anxiously as police scour forest for missing woman

Jessica Zrinski’s loved ones have shared their heartbreak after she entered a car with a stranger and vanished late last year.

  • byCarrie Fellner
Man airlifted with burns after six-metre boat catches fire in Northern Beaches

Man airlifted with burns after six-metre boat catches fire in Northern Beaches

NSW Rural Fire Service spokesman Greg Allan said an investigation will likely take place,but it is suspected the boat caught fire during refuelling.

  • byOlivia Ireland
NSW RFS issues smoke warning for Sydney’s south as grass fire spotted from space

NSW RFS issues smoke warning for Sydney’s south as grass fire spotted from space

An out-of-control fire is burning in Curraweela,south-west of Sydney,where residents have been told it is too late to leave.

  • bySarah Keoghan
Emergency warning for NSW fire,Sydney sweats through hottest March night in six years

Emergency warning for NSW fire,Sydney sweats through hottest March night in six years

Sydney sweltered through its warmest March night in six years on Monday,while more than a dozen fires continued to burn out of control across NSW.

  • byLaura Chung,Brook Mitchell andOlivia Ireland
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Sydney records hottest day in two years as almost 40 fires burn across NSW
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Sydney records hottest day in two years as almost 40 fires burn across NSW

The NSW Rural Fire Service issued two emergency alerts on Monday afternoon and warned that almost 40 fires were burning across the state.

  • byOlivia Ireland andSarah Keoghan
‘Fires are coming back’:Authorities concerned Australia is set to burn this year

‘Fires are coming back’:Authorities concerned Australia is set to burn this year

NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner Rob Rogers said he remained concerned about the coming fire season,with the state facing the worst grassfire threat in 20 years.

  • byLaura Chung
Sydney ready for its hottest day since 2021

Sydney ready for its hottest day since 2021

As temperatures soar in coming days,Surf Life Saving NSW has outlined three steps crucial to keeping swimmers safe.

  • bySarah Keoghan
As La Nina weakens,grass fire threat looms

As La Nina weakens,grass fire threat looms

The long grass across much of NSW is worrying to Guy Noble. He’s been a firefighter for 45 years,but says this is one of the worst grass load he has seen in years.

  • byLaura Chung
HSC results show postcode biggest factor in success
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HSC results show postcode biggest factor in success

State or non-government,selective or comprehensive,single sex or co-ed,the best individual indicator of HSC success is still a student’s postcode.