Bushfires in the tropics: Queensland faces terrifying new reality

With cyclone season under way, exhausted emergency services are more aware than most that climate change is beginning to pose impossible challenges Late on Sunday night, a tropical cyclone formed off the north Queensland coast.The storm has begun a track towards the coast, where more than 100 bushfires are still burning after week-long heatwaves and "unprecedented" conditions. Tropical cyclone Owen will bring some relief from the stinking heat; lower temperatures and rainfall that should help firefighters control the most threatening fires by midweek. Continue reading...