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Demands for review of BOM site after mass complaints

Demands for review of BOM site after mass complaints

Federal politicians are calling for a review of the Bureau of Meteorology’s revamped website after it was labelled difficult to navigate and missing key tools.

Melissa to hit Jamaica as its strongest storm on record

Melissa to hit Jamaica as its strongest storm on record

Melissa to hit Jamaica as its strongest storm on record

Melissa to hit Jamaica as its strongest storm on record

Jamaican authorities are warning of catastrophic damage from Hurricane Melissa as the category five storm bears down as a record-breaking monster.

Body found in search for missing bushwalker

Body found in search for missing bushwalker

Body found in search for missing bushwalker

Body found in search for missing bushwalker

A body has been found in the search for a missing bushwalker, who vanished in harsh weather conditions in Tasmania 11 days ago.

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Amazon's cloud unit back to normal after global outage

Amazon's cloud unit back to normal after global outage

Normal operations have resumed at Amazon's cloud unit AWS after it was hit by a major outage that disrupted many of the world's biggest websites.

Safe to return as early-season bushfire causes scare

Safe to return as early-season bushfire causes scare

An emergency warning for an uncontrolled bushfire in a rural area has been downgraded, with residents told they can return with caution.

'God sent you': bravery saved town from mass tragedy

'God sent you': bravery saved town from mass tragedy

Residents of a leafy rural village were used to floods and thought they would be safe but a wall of water spared almost nothing and no one.

'Tragic loss': soldier dead in army training rollover

'Tragic loss': soldier dead in army training rollover

The defence community has been left devastated after the death of a soldier in a truck rollover during a training exercise.

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'Wall of water' wrecked rural town with little warning

'Wall of water' wrecked rural town with little warning

'Wall of water' wrecked rural town with little warning

'Wall of water' wrecked rural town with little warning

Heroic actions of locals prevented further tragedy after a wave of floodwater suddenly struck a rural town, killing two people, an inquest has been told.

No hope of survivors in US munitions factory blast

No hope of survivors in US munitions factory blast

No hope of survivors in US munitions factory blast

No hope of survivors in US munitions factory blast

Authorities say 16 people have died in a catastrophic blast at an explosives factory in the US state of Tennessee.

Three killed as light plane crashes just after take-off

Three killed as light plane crashes just after take-off

Three killed as light plane crashes just after take-off

Three killed as light plane crashes just after take-off

Three people have been killed in a light plane crash shortly after take-off, in what first responders have described as a "gruesome" scene.

US explosives plant blast leaves 18 people missing

US explosives plant blast leaves 18 people missing

US explosives plant blast leaves 18 people missing

US explosives plant blast leaves 18 people missing

A massive blast at a US explosives plant has left 18 people missing and feared dead in rural Tennessee.

Tsunami threat passes after earthquake off Philippines

Tsunami threat passes after earthquake off Philippines

Tsunami threat passes after earthquake off Philippines

Tsunami threat passes after earthquake off Philippines

Tsunami warnings have been lifted after a strong earthquake in the southern Philippines damaged buildings, knocked out power and killed at least two people.

Searchers find no trace of elderly man lost in bushland

Searchers find no trace of elderly man lost in bushland

Searchers find no trace of elderly man lost in bushland

Searchers find no trace of elderly man lost in bushland

Crews have scoured swathes of bushland trying to find an elderly man who disappeared while trying to retrieve his bogged car.

'Perfect storm' drives up the cost of natural disasters

'Perfect storm' drives up the cost of natural disasters

'Perfect storm' drives up the cost of natural disasters

'Perfect storm' drives up the cost of natural disasters

A new report has put a dollar figure on the impact of Australia's droughts and flooding rains, with the situation expected to worsen as the world gets warmer.

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Recovery mission: bodies found in remote alpine region

Hikers have made a grim discovery in a remote alpine region accessible only by foot, prompting a challenging recovery mission for police.

Philippines ends quake rescues, focuses on displaced

Attention has now turned to helping survivors of a deadly 6.9-magnitude earthquake in the Philippines, after rescue efforts were called off.

Three dead after Indonesian school building collapses

Rescuers are racing to pull dozens of students and workers from under the rubble of a school building that collapsed in East Java, Indonesia.

At least 39 dead, 51 injured in Indian rally stampede

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi say's he's 'deeply saddened' after dozens of people were killed in a stampede at a rally for candidate and actor Vijay.

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'Like a train': remote earthquake biggest in decades

An early morning "train-like" earthquake has been felt across a state, but no damage to homes or hydro electricity infrastructure has been reported.

Typhoon Ragasa aims at China after lashing Taiwan, HK

Millions of people in southern China are in Typhoon Ragasa's sights after the most powerful cyclone of 2025 battered Hong Kong and killed 14 people in Taiwan.

Aircraft debate rages ahead of summer bushfire threat

Experts are calling on the government to urgently invest in its own firefighting aircraft as the planes are increasingly used to fight blazes overseas.

Heartbroken mum of rural crash victim urges road safety

Facing a lifetime of heartache, the mother of a young driver killed on a rural dirt road wants to help others to ensure his death was not in vain.

Property markets yet to twig to looming disaster losses

Hundreds of billions of dollars could disappear from property values due to climate change but it's taking time for the worsening threat to influence buyers.

Body recovered after plane crash in national park

A body has been recovered from wreckage following a plane crash in a wilderness area.

Stricken police hailed in restaurant gas leak tragedy

Authorities are investigating the cause of a tragic gas leak at a restaurant that killed a man and left six others hospitalised, including five police officers.

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