Many Australians seeing images of the devastating blazes in Los Angeles might wonder if the houses are being built in a way that makes them combustible.

Multiple large fires continue to burn across Los Angeles and the death toll is expected to rise. Follow here for live updates.

The fire-ravaged city is preparing for elevated bushfire risk, with powerful winds set to return. Follow live.

Former US Olympian Gary Hall Jr. won 10 Olympic medals and six world championship medals in his swimming career. He believes he’s lost them all in the Palisades wildfire, he said to the Sydney Morning Herald.

Experts say it is only a matter of time until major Australian cities experience “house-to-house ignition” on a similar scale to Los Angeles.

Olympian Gary Hall Jr. is among the many individuals who have suffered immense loss amid the wildfires raging through parts of Los Angeles County. The American swimmer said in an interview published on Thursday,

The University of California San Diego has released timelapse footage showing the spread of the wildfires.

"I’ll shift through the ash and see if the medals melted together. Will I be able to find anything worth saving? Probably not. I don’t know," Hall Jr. said

He believes he’s lost them all in the Palisades wildfire, he said to the Sydney Morning Herald.“It was worse than any apocalypse movie you’ve ever seen and 1,000 times worse,” he said to t ...

Sydney’s younger generations are rejecting the city’s “grey houses, grey streets and grey methods” in the city’s newer suburbs.

Two people have been injured after strong winds knocked over a tree in Sydney's Hyde Park as wild weather lashes the city. The tree came down at the park on Elizabeth Street and Market Street in Sydney's CBD,

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