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AI-powered satellites to search for Aussie bushfires

AI-powered satellites to search for Aussie bushfires

A satellite constellation powered by artificial intelligence and machine-learning technology will launch from next year, watching the world for small fires.

Be prepared: north told to brace for spring bushfires

Be prepared: north told to brace for spring bushfires

Be prepared: north told to brace for spring bushfires

Be prepared: north told to brace for spring bushfires

After recent above-average temperatures, the national council for fire and emergency services is predicting a risky spring fire season in northern Australia.

Tassie floods as wild weather slams nation's southeast

Tassie floods as wild weather slams nation's southeast

Tassie floods as wild weather slams nation's southeast

Tassie floods as wild weather slams nation's southeast

Residents in the nation's southeast are bracing for more severe weather as thousands of Tasmanians prepare to evacuate their properties due to flooding.

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Funding boost to help protect Aussies from disasters

Funding boost to help protect Aussies from disasters

Almost $400 million will be spent on projects to better protect Australians from natural disasters including key cyclone and flood protection upgrades.

Twenty dead, hundreds missing in Congo boat accident

Twenty dead, hundreds missing in Congo boat accident

Officials in western Congo say a boat accident has left at least 20 people dead and hundreds missing.

Pilot ejects to escape crash during military exercise

Pilot ejects to escape crash during military exercise

An Italian fighter pilot is recovering in hospital after his warplane "encountered an unknown issue" and crashed during military exercises in remote Australia.

Vow for justice remains, decade on from MH17 disaster

Vow for justice remains, decade on from MH17 disaster

The fight for justice continues as victims' family and friends join ceremonies marking a decade since flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine.

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State flood response receives multi-millions boost

State flood response receives multi-millions boost

State flood response receives multi-millions boost

State flood response receives multi-millions boost

What is being billed as NSW's largest ongoing commitment to flood preparedness and infrastructure will support residents in Sydney's disaster-prone northwest.

Australia stands alongside PNG after landslide: PM

Australia stands alongside PNG after landslide: PM

Australia stands alongside PNG after landslide: PM

Australia stands alongside PNG after landslide: PM

Australia is ready to provide further aid to Papua New Guinea following a landslide that buried more than 2000 people, the prime minister says.

More than 670 feared dead in PNG landslide: UN agency

More than 670 feared dead in PNG landslide: UN agency

More than 670 feared dead in PNG landslide: UN agency

More than 670 feared dead in PNG landslide: UN agency

Five bodies have been recovered as hundreds of people are feared dead, buried beneath rubble after a landslide in a remote region of Papua New Guinea.

Council gets to work on Sydney sinkhole caused by rain

Council gets to work on Sydney sinkhole caused by rain

Council gets to work on Sydney sinkhole caused by rain

Council gets to work on Sydney sinkhole caused by rain

Council workers have started to fix a 10-metre sinkhole that opened up on an east Sydney street in heavy rain over the weekend.

Remote residents trapped as Cyclone Megan crosses coast

Remote residents trapped as Cyclone Megan crosses coast

Remote residents trapped as Cyclone Megan crosses coast

Remote residents trapped as Cyclone Megan crosses coast

Tropical Cyclone Megan has reached land in the Northern Territory, with authorities urging residents in remote communities to seek shelter.

Australian who died in Bali landslide identified

Australian who died in Bali landslide identified

Australian who died in Bali landslide identified

Australian who died in Bali landslide identified

A woman who died in Bali following a landslide has been named by Indonesian media.

Miner critical, tributes to worker killed in collapse

Miner critical, tributes to worker killed in collapse

Miner critical, tributes to worker killed in collapse

Miner critical, tributes to worker killed in collapse

A 21-year-old miner continues to fight for his life after a rockfall that killed his colleague, as safety authorities probe the tragedy.

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Community health leaders push for disaster program

Another summer of fires and storms has reinforced the need for a permanent disaster recovery program within Victorian community health services, leaders say.

Welcome rain for WA as Lincoln heads south

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Lincoln, now a tropical low, is expected to dissipate as it moves across the WA interior.

Victorian home losses reach 46 as bushfires contained

The number of homes lost to raging bushfires in Victoria's Grampians region has risen to 46 after locals returned to survey the damage.

No crystal ball for extreme weather events, boffins say

El Nino and other factors make extreme weather events more difficult to predict, say scholars following scrutiny in the wake of destructive floods and storms.

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Fresh Sydney measles alert after second infant infected

People returning from Asia and the Middle East are being urged to look out for measles symptoms after a second infant arrived in Sydney with the disease.

Quantum deal mines geophysics for hazards, exploration

A hazard and minerals detection deal struck by an Aussie quantum start-up and the US Geological Survey could unlock a new generation of technologies.

Digital hand for responders after devastating floods

As storms, floods and bushfires wreak havoc on Australia, a little-known company owned by the nation's governments is in demand for its digital intelligence.

Impact on reef, wildlife major concern after Jasper

Areas hit by flooding from ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper are also some of Australia's richest in wildlife diversity and natural beauty.

Residents warned of Cyclone Jasper's destructive power

Tropical Cyclone Jasper is heading for far north Queensland and is predicted to unleash widespread destruction with the loss of power, water and the internet.

Heatwave conditions, severe thunderstorms set for Qld

Queensland firefighters are on high alert with heatwave conditions and severe thunderstorms, including hail and damaging winds, predicted to hit some parts.

Evacuation centres set up as fires threaten homes in WA

Bushfires are threatening homes south of Perth with evacuation centres set up in Mandurah and Murray Shire, though it's too late to leave for some residents.

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