An Icy Expanse The Antarctic Desert may come as a surprise to many as it doesn't fit our conventional idea of sand and heat.

Residents in Victoria's far west are being told to evacuate immediately as an out-of-control fire burns in the Little Desert. The communities of Dimboola, Pimpinio and Wail near the Victoria-South ...

Temperatures across south-east states are predicted to soar up to 12 degrees Celsius above the January average this weekend, raising the risk of major fire outbreaks.

A fire truck arriving to battle bushfires in Little Desert National Park in Victoria, Australia ... the main message is that there will be a hot dome over Victoria. "Once we get into the weekend ...

It's hard to imagine that global warming would have much effect on the world's already hot deserts. But even small changes in temperature or precipitation could drastically impact plants and ...

The weather agency's senior forecaster Dean Narramore told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that the slow-moving cyclone was pushing hot and windy air from the Central Desert into western ...