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.
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‘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.
Boats, aircraft helping in search for missing fisherman
Six boats and aircraft are scouring the ocean for a fisherman who failed to return several hours after a trip out to sea.
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.
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.
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.
More than 130 dead and 100 missing after Texas floods
Around 100 people remain missing in the aftermath of flooding that devastated central Texas.
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.
Air India crash report reveals pilot’s engine confusion
An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner that crashed immediately began to lose thrust and sink after taking off, a preliminary report has found.
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.
Search teams scour Texas flood zone for dozens missing
The search continues for dozens of people still missing after a flash flood in Texas, including for girls who were at a camp that was hit by the killer torrent.
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.
Death toll rising from Texas floods, dozens missing
The death toll from the catastrophic floods in Texas has risen to 43, while dozens of children from a Christian girls' summer camp remain missing.
Young campers missing as 24 die in Texas flash flooding
At least 24 people in Texas are dead and the search is on for many others missing including over 20 from a girls camp after a storm unleashed major flooding.
Storm-struck communities count costs of ‘vigorous’ low
Thousands of people have already filed insurance claims after a complex and powerful weather system pounded Australia's east coast.
Major dam to likely spill as ‘bomb cyclone’ hits coast
As millions of residents brace for a fast-moving, severe low-pressure system to hit their region, a massive dam is nearly full and could spill in coming days.
Latest technology for police amid crime crackdown
A state government will maintain its crime crackdown in a milestone budget, with police to get the latest technology including tasers and body worn cameras.
At least killed as hot air balloon crashes in Brazil
A hot air balloon has caught fire and tumbled from the sky in Brazil's southern state of Santa Catarina, killing eight people, firefighters say.
‘Tragic, unnecessary’: missed chance before plane crash
A plane crash that killed three people could have been prevented if a known cabin pressure defect had been reported in a phone call minutes before the incident.
Researchers taking the wind out of cyclone devastation
Australian researchers believe aerosols maybe the key to disrupting the formation of and ultimately taming killer tropical cyclones before they come ashore.
Air India crash victims identified, US experts on site
DNA samples are being used to identify the remains of dozens of victims of an Air India plane crash as US officials join investigators at the site.
Air India black box recovered as toll climbs to 270
Investigators have found the flight data recorder of the Air India flight as the death toll reaches 270.
‘We started a fire’: ADF criticised over major blaze
A "systemic failure" by the Australian Defence Force has been partly blamed for a major Black Summer blaze sparked by an army helicopter.
Search for missing after Air India crash kills hundreds
The world's worst aviation disaster in a decade has killed more than 240 people with rescuers searching for missing people and clues on why the plane crashed.
The e-scooter menace: mum’s anguish over near tragedy
A mum who nearly lost her son in an e-scooter crash has warned of the dangers of the devices as research reveals a growing rate of injuries.
Fatal aircraft crash due to radio, visibility failures
A pilot was unable to receive or transmit radio calls and trees obscured runway visibility, likely causing a mid-air plane crash that killed two people.
Australia, Pacific rocked by ocean heatwaves in 2024
Nearly 40 million square kilometres of ocean experienced marine heatwaves in the western Pacific region in 2024, a UN climate and weather agency says.
Insurance cost warning after disasters hit bottom line
The cost of natural disasters has set the federal budget back $2.2 billion, but experts warn cyclones and floods will push up insurance premiums.