US fires a warning for Australia's summer as El Niño looms

The World Today by Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Aug 25, 20260:25:35News & Politics

In what could be a warning for the coming Australian summer, tens of thousands of people have fled their homes as wildfire rips through parts of Nevada.

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