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'Wild night' as complex storm thumps east coast homes

'Wild night' as complex storm thumps east coast homes

Millions of people are assessing the damage from a powerful east coast storm that's forced more than 300 people from their homes and threatens further damage.

Firies forced to use paper maps to find emergencies

Firies forced to use paper maps to find emergencies

Firies forced to use paper maps to find emergencies

Firies forced to use paper maps to find emergencies

Firefighters are turning to pen, paper and pagers to do their job during communications failures, two years after a cyber attack shut down their IT networks.

Liverpool parade driver charged with multiple offences

Liverpool parade driver charged with multiple offences

Liverpool parade driver charged with multiple offences

Liverpool parade driver charged with multiple offences

A driver who allegedly rammed his car into a huge crowd of ecstatic Liverpool football fans has been charged with multiple offences.

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Alleged house fire killer in custody as manhunt ends

Alleged house fire killer in custody as manhunt ends

A man accused of killing an 80-year-old former pastor by setting a house on fire has faced court after his dramatic arrest on a train.

Three dead following multi-vehicle highway collision

Three dead following multi-vehicle highway collision

Three people have died in a collision on a major highway involving multiple cars and trucks, while two others are in hospital.

Two dead, carer charged after car crashes into tree

Two dead, carer charged after car crashes into tree

A carer has been charged with two counts of manslaughter after being accused of deliberately crashing a car into a tree, killing two elderly passengers.

Flood damage heartbreak as army called in for clean-up

Flood damage heartbreak as army called in for clean-up

The army has been dispatched to help with a mammoth clean-up effort after flooding wiped out at least 400 homes on Australia's east coast.

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Flood-weary regions brace for high winds amid clean up

Flood-weary regions brace for high winds amid clean up

Flood-weary regions brace for high winds amid clean up

Flood-weary regions brace for high winds amid clean up

Hundreds of homes have been declared uninhabitable after deadly floods swept through coastal communities, leaving tens of thousands of people isolated.

Flood-stricken locals begin mop-up, sweat on support

Flood-stricken locals begin mop-up, sweat on support

Flood-stricken locals begin mop-up, sweat on support

Flood-stricken locals begin mop-up, sweat on support

While the government focuses on preventing more deaths and supplying those cut off by floods, devastated locals wait to hear what extra support they will get.

Strong magnitude 5.2 quake rattles northern NSW

Strong magnitude 5.2 quake rattles northern NSW

Strong magnitude 5.2 quake rattles northern NSW

Strong magnitude 5.2 quake rattles northern NSW

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake has struck in north-central NSW followed by an aftershock.

Fifth death linked to floods as body found in burnt car

Fifth death linked to floods as body found in burnt car

Fifth death linked to floods as body found in burnt car

Fifth death linked to floods as body found in burnt car

An elderly man's body has been found in a burnt-out vehicle at a property isolated by devastating floods, with five deaths now linked to the disaster.

Locals finding connection in flood-isolated communities

Locals finding connection in flood-isolated communities

Locals finding connection in flood-isolated communities

Locals finding connection in flood-isolated communities

Some 50,000 people are isolated by floods in regional NSW, but many locals say they are being brought together through social media networks.

Mum fights for life as police continue house fire probe

Mum fights for life as police continue house fire probe

Mum fights for life as police continue house fire probe

Mum fights for life as police continue house fire probe

Police are yet to speak to a mother critically injured in a townhouse fire, with the blaze still being treated as suspicious.

Death toll rises in flood horror as huge clean-up looms

Death toll rises in flood horror as huge clean-up looms

Death toll rises in flood horror as huge clean-up looms

Death toll rises in flood horror as huge clean-up looms

Devastating flooding has killed three people and the toll could rise even further as communities prepare for an enormous clean-up when waters finally drop.

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Days of rain, strong wind and flash flooding ahead

Prolonged rain, strong winds and dangerous surf will batter parts of Australia's east coast with some regions to cop up to 400mm over the course of the week.

Locals embrace family as three kids die in fire horror

A tragic house fire has claimed the lives of three children, devastating a family and sending a "ripple effect" through a shellshocked community.

Soldier fatigue in focus at fatal chopper crash inquiry

A senior officer identified fatigue as a key issue for an army aviation unit but a sleep study was rejected before a fatal helicopter crash, a probe has heard.

Strewn steel shards strand hundreds of cars on motorway

A major highway has reopened after scattered metal shards were spread across a 30km stretch of road, stranding hundreds of drivers with tyre punctures.

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Earthquake wakes east coast with aftershocks expected

Residents have been rattled from their sleep by a shallow earthquake as seismologists warn aftershocks could continue for a week or more.

Residents rattled as 'lovely' mum dies in alleged arson

Shock and devastation has gripped teary neighbours after a man allegedly murdered his wife and set fire to the family home.

'Ridiculous' probe into science fan's plutonium import

Border Force has been slammed for its role in the prosecution of a collector who shipped a 'harmless' amount of radioactive material to his parents' unit.

Dominican Republican nightclub roof collapse kills 66

Almost 70 people have been killed and dozens injured after a roof collapsed at a packed nightclub in the Dominican Republic.

Passenger charged over alleged mid-air exit door scare

Passengers aboard an international flight bound for Sydney have endured a mid-air fright, with a man accused of repeatedly trying to open emergency exit doors.

Tsunami warning lifts after 7.1 Tonga earthquake

A strong 7.1 magnitude earthquake has hit near the Pacific nation of Tonga and an initial tsunami warning was lifted hours later.

Aid rushes into Myanmar as quake death toll hits 1700

Aid teams from India, China, Singapore and Thailand are on the ground in Myanmar as the death toll from a devastating earthquake climbs to more than 1700.

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