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Witness the scale and ferocity of nature’s most powerful forces – from hurricanes and flash floods to droughts and bushfires – and discover the ingenious ways nature endures, adapts and prevails against these new extremes.—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026 Back home, the Elite 300 doubles as a fast 10ms UPS, offering seamless backup during storm outages or bushfire season disruptions.—New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026 The skinks also face rising predation threats and the risk of bushfires.—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 2 Feb. 2026 Extreme heat fuels out of control bushfires Bushfires, fueled by the soaring temperatures, have menaced towns in the state of Victoria, prompting evacuations as volunteer firefighters attempted to douse flames around homes.—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bushfire