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Body found as continued flooding prompts evacuations

Body found as continued flooding prompts evacuations

Police have made a grim discovery in the search for a missing woman who attempted to drive through floodwaters during heavy rain in NSW.

Married couple, dog missing as light plane disappears

Married couple, dog missing as light plane disappears

Married couple, dog missing as light plane disappears

Married couple, dog missing as light plane disappears

An extensive search continues in two states after a light plane with two people and a dog on board failed to reach its destination.

'Tragedy hits us hard', five Chilean miners found dead

'Tragedy hits us hard', five Chilean miners found dead

'Tragedy hits us hard', five Chilean miners found dead

'Tragedy hits us hard', five Chilean miners found dead

The final trapped worker in a Chilean mine has been found dead, bringing the final death toll to six after several tunnels collapsed in a strong tremor.

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Quad bike standards saving lives as crackdown urged

Quad bike standards saving lives as crackdown urged

Safety standards for quad bikes could save more lives on farms if their enforcement was stronger, according to research that reveals one state leading the way.

Massive Russia quake sends tsunami waves across Pacific

Massive Russia quake sends tsunami waves across Pacific

French Polynesia is on tsunami alert hours after a powerful earthquake struck Russia's far east, sparking alerts and evacuations across the Pacific.

Jeju Air jet 'still had working engine' when it crashed

Jeju Air jet 'still had working engine' when it crashed

A South Korean jet's right engine still had enough power for flight when it crashed during an emergency landing, killing 179 people, investigators say.

The long, winding road to a climate-resilient Pacific

The long, winding road to a climate-resilient Pacific

Sea level rise is not the only threat to island life for Australia's near neighbours, with sources of local income also under pressure from climate change.

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Bangladeshi students protest after jet crash kills 31

Bangladeshi students protest after jet crash kills 31

Bangladeshi students protest after jet crash kills 31

Bangladeshi students protest after jet crash kills 31

Mourning has turned to anger in Bangladesh as the death toll from a fighter jet crash into a school increased to 31, sparking protests by hundreds of students.

Teenager dead, another critical after jet ski crash

Teenager dead, another critical after jet ski crash

Teenager dead, another critical after jet ski crash

Teenager dead, another critical after jet ski crash

A teenage boy is dead and another is in a critical condition following a jet ski crash.

Death toll rises to 31 in Bangladesh air force crash

Death toll rises to 31 in Bangladesh air force crash

Death toll rises to 31 in Bangladesh air force crash

Death toll rises to 31 in Bangladesh air force crash

A Bangladesh air force training aircraft has crashed into a college campus in Dhaka, killing at least 31 people.

Drowning rates fall but migrant risks remain high

Drowning rates fall but migrant risks remain high

Drowning rates fall but migrant risks remain high

Drowning rates fall but migrant risks remain high

Drownings among migrant and regional communities remain a concern despite a study showing water tragedies have more than halved across two decades.

Heart 'ripped to shreds': mother witnesses horror crash

Heart 'ripped to shreds': mother witnesses horror crash

Heart 'ripped to shreds': mother witnesses horror crash

Heart 'ripped to shreds': mother witnesses horror crash

A mother has spoken of her grief after her partner and two children were killed in a head-on crash during a horror period in which 10 people died.

Search for missing fisherman off east coast expanded

Search for missing fisherman off east coast expanded

Search for missing fisherman off east coast expanded

Search for missing fisherman off east coast expanded

Rescue workers are scouring the ocean for a fisherman who failed to return from a trip, with a massive 700km stretch covered as part of an expanded search.

'Tragically wrong': check ends in fatal plane crash

'Tragically wrong': check ends in fatal plane crash

'Tragically wrong': check ends in fatal plane crash

'Tragically wrong': check ends in fatal plane crash

Investigators are trying to piece together what caused a plane crash that's killed two people, in a tragic end to a routine flight evaluation check.

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Deadly Vietnam tour boat survivor describes his escape

A Vietnamese man who survived the capsizing of a tour boat in Ha Long Bay says he escaped the overturned vessel by swimming out through a window underwater.

Man whose car hit US crowd was shot, attacked: police

A car has been driven into a crowd outside a nightclub in East Hollywood, injuring at least 30 people, according to Los Angeles authorities.

Dozens injured as car drives into crowd in Los Angeles

A car has rammed a crowd of people waiting to enter a nightclub along a busy boulevard in Los Angeles, injuring dozens of people.

Dozens dead after fire at shopping centre in Iraq

A massive fire has ripped through a hypermarket in eastern Iraq, leaving at least 61 people dead, including children, and others missing.

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More than 130 dead and 100 missing after Texas floods

Around 100 people remain missing in the aftermath of flooding that devastated central Texas.

Natural and a disaster but no fed help for algal bloom

Governments are working to find a way to help industries affected by a devastating algal bloom, which falls outside existing natural disaster criteria.

Texas flood death toll rises to 131 as new storms loom

Officials in Texas are keeping a wary eye on river levels after a forecast further heavy rain following deadly flooding in the US state.

Fires force evacuations of Grand Canyon, other US parks

Two national parks in the US West have been evacuated as hot temperatures and gusty winds feed the flames of wildfires that are only partly contained.

Crews comb flood-stricken Texas for 170 missing people

As the death toll from the Texas floods approaches 120, rescue teams are searching for the more than 170 people still unaccounted for.

Lion 'just playing' when it attacked woman: zoo owner

A zoo owner says a lion was "just playing" when it attacked a woman, leaving her with "macabre injuries", including the loss of an arm.

Texas flood death toll mounts as campers remain missing

Rescuers continue searching for girls missing from a summer camp in Texas inundated by flooding that has killed scores of people including dozens of children.

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