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Homes flooded to rooftops as emergency relief arrives

Homes flooded to rooftops as emergency relief arrives

Homes along a flooded Top End river have been inundated as one of the biggest local welfare responses on record is rolled out.

Families of flight MH370 victims push for wider search

Families of flight MH370 victims push for wider search

Families of flight MH370 victims push for wider search

Families of flight MH370 victims push for wider search

Malaysia is being urged to extend the search for a flight carrying 227 passengers that disappeared en route from ‌Kuala Lumpur to Beijing 12 years ago.

US rescuers battle winter storm to avalanche survivors

US rescuers battle winter storm to avalanche survivors

US rescuers battle winter storm to avalanche survivors

US rescuers battle winter storm to avalanche survivors

Nine skiers are missing after an avalanche in California's Sierra Nevada mountains, while crews pushed through freezing conditions to rescue six ‌others.

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Flood rescue effort to save woman clinging to tree

Flood rescue effort to save woman clinging to tree

A woman clinging to a tree in swollen floodwaters in an outback town has been rescued in an hours-long operation.

Woodchopper found alive after going missing for days

Woodchopper found alive after going missing for days

Woodchopper Corey Chugg has been found alive at the bottom of a steep incline after going missing for four days in cold and rugged bushland.

Major search for missing fisherman as empty boat found

Major search for missing fisherman as empty boat found

An air and sea search for a fisherman whose boat was found empty almost 40km offshore has been extended.

Woman winched to safety in dramatic bushfire rescue

Woman winched to safety in dramatic bushfire rescue

Footage of a dramatic fire rescue has shown the moment emergency crews reached a lone woman trapped in an out-of-control bushfire.

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Search for tourist paused amid wait for ID of remains

Search for tourist paused amid wait for ID of remains

Search for tourist paused amid wait for ID of remains

Search for tourist paused amid wait for ID of remains

A search in Tasmania's wilderness has been paused after a second day of scouring for items linked to missing Belgian woman Celine Cremer.

Teenage boy's body found in mountain creek

Teenage boy's body found in mountain creek

Teenage boy's body found in mountain creek

Teenage boy's body found in mountain creek

A teenager has been found dead in a mountain creek after he became separated from his friend on a camping trip in the region.

Grim discovery prompts search where tourist disappeared

Grim discovery prompts search where tourist disappeared

Grim discovery prompts search where tourist disappeared

Grim discovery prompts search where tourist disappeared

Forensic testing will take weeks to identify human remains, while police prepare to search a remote area near the site where a Belgian tourist disappeared.

Human remains found during search for missing tourist

Human remains found during search for missing tourist

Human remains found during search for missing tourist

Human remains found during search for missing tourist

A bushwalker searching a remote area for a Belgian hiker missing for more than two years has discovered human remains.

Wrecked cars choppered out of surf as fire threat grows

Wrecked cars choppered out of surf as fire threat grows

Wrecked cars choppered out of surf as fire threat grows

Wrecked cars choppered out of surf as fire threat grows

More than a dozen vehicles have been choppered out of the surf following flash floods as bushfires place state emergency services under further strain.

Body found as search for plane crash victims continues

Body found as search for plane crash victims continues

Body found as search for plane crash victims continues

Body found as search for plane crash victims continues

Indonesian authorities have located a body and the wreckage of a plane carrying 10 people that came down near a fog-covered mountain in South Sulawesi.

Boy in critical condition after attack by 'large shark'

Boy in critical condition after attack by 'large shark'

Boy in critical condition after attack by 'large shark'

Boy in critical condition after attack by 'large shark'

A boy is fighting for his life in hospital with critical leg injuries after he was bitten by what authorities believe to be a large shark at a popular beach.

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'I think I'm going to die': teen saved after 80m fall

A teenager has reunited with his rescuers after "hand me down" AirPods helped locate him following an 80m fall from a mountain in a national park.

Worst in 110 years: town turned into a 'raging torrent'

An outback town is reeling from its wettest day on record following an ex-tropical cyclone as a drenched state braces for more flooding and livestock losses.

'Sick of walking': man rescued after 40km muddy trek

A pilot has spoken of his rescue of a man aged in his 40s who walked almost 40km in thick mud after his car became bogged in a flood-hit state.

Summer drownings rise amid pleas for water safety

Authorities are imploring swimmers to be sensible around the water as the drowning toll continues to tick up this summer.

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Body found in search for miner trapped underground

Emergency crews have found the body of a worker a day after a roof collapsed at an underground coalmine, in one of two separate deadly mining incidents.

Hopes fade as searches called off for missing swimmers

Authorities have suspended their searches for a 14-year-old boy and two men who went missing in separate incidents while at sea, following a spate of drownings.

Woman dies in glider crash, pilot taken to hospital

A woman has died in a glider crash while the aircraft's pilot has been taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Phone clue in two-year search for missing tourist

Police have revealed a major update in the search for missing Belgian tourist Celine Cremer, who disappeared in 2023.

HK fire toll rises to 159 as authorities arrest six

Hong Kong police have completed a search for bodies inside all seven of the eight high-rise residential towers as the death toll from a fire rises to 159.

Deep-sea search for MH370 to resume on December 30

The hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will resume on December 30, renewing hopes of finally locating the jet that vanished more than a decade ago.

Asian floods toll surges past 1300, millions displaced

The death toll in floods which struck Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand has climbed past 1300, with rescue workers still battling to reach affected areas.

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