Man, and boy killed in blue mountain land slip
A man and a boy have died, and a woman and a boy critically injured by a landslip while on a bushwalk in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. New South Wales Police have confirmed there was a group of…
Australia floods: Thousands forced to evacuate for second time in weeks as ‘worst fears realised’
Thousands of Australian residents have been forced to evacuate their homes for the second time in weeks after extraordinary rain burst river banks and lashed the east coast. Several towns in northern New South Wales, already struggling after record floods…
Hundreds rescued; thousands evacuated as NSW hit by worst flooding in history
Residents of Lismore have been left reeling after “unprecedented” floods inundated the New South Wales regional city with rescue efforts expected to continue throughout the night. State Emergency Services have also advised everyone along the entire New South Wales coast to prepare…
Major floods swamp Australia’s east coast, claiming eight lives
Parts of the Australian city of Brisbane are under water after heavy rain brought record flooding to some east coast areas and killed eight people. The flooding in the city of 2.6 million people and its surrounding area is the…
‘Hellish night’: homes lost in WA bushfires as specialist crews called in from interstate
At least four homes have been lost in bushfires that have been bearing down on the towns of Bridgetown and Denmark in Western Australia, with the state’s fire commissioner attributing the intensity of the fires to the changing climate. The WA…
Teenage girl among several rescued, two towns evacuated in Queensland floods
A teenage girl is the latest to be rescued in Queensland floods after she found clinging to a tree to escape raging water. It's reported the girl jumped into the water at Dalby in the Western Downs region, not realising…
Australia: Tesla battery fire almost under control after more than three days
Firefighters say blaze that began during testing on Friday has been particularly challenging as it is the first mega pack fire in the world Firefighters hope to bring a blaze that has been burning for more than three days at…
Fire on Australia’s Antarctic resupply vessel
Australian Antarctic Division says 109 people on board were uninjured, but the incident was ‘potentially traumatic’ for some An engine room fire that destroyed two vessels on board Australia’s Antarctic resupply ship has left expeditioners shaken as they begin their…
Australia: Thousands evacuated as Sydney faces worst floods in 60 years
Australian authorities are planning to evacuate thousands more people on Monday from flood-affected suburbs in Sydney's west, which is set for its worst flooding in 60 years with drenching rain expected to continue for the next few days. Unrelenting rains…