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.
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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.
‘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.
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.
‘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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
HK fire toll rises to 128, rescuers make final search
The death toll from a fire in a Hong Kong residential complex has risen to 128 after more bodies were found in the blackened towers, authorities say.
Flood recovery efforts under way in Asia as deaths rise
Rescuers continue to search for survivors and aid operations is advancing as Thailand, Sri Lanka and Indonesia recover from devastating floods and landslides.
Fung-wong blows out of the Philippines, eight dead
The death toll from the Philippines' Super Typhoon Fung-wong has risen to eight as the storm barrels towards Taiwan.
Powerful earthquake kills at least 20 in Afghanistan
The death and injury toll is expected to keep rising after a strong quake shook Afghanistan's mountainous northern Hindu Kush region.
Search continues as Indonesia building toll rises to 50
Rescuers are close to ending their search for more than a dozen missing victims of a school building collapse in Indonesia that killed at least 50 people.
‘He has to be somewhere’: cop’s last hope in boy search
A desperate search for a boy missing from an outback property for six days has failed to turn up fresh evidence, as defence personnel join the operation.
Philippines quake toll rises to 72, rescue continues
The death toll from a magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck the central Philippines has risen to 72, the national disaster agency says.
Death toll from Indonesian school collapse rises to 37
Indonesian rescuers are searching for 26 missing students after a prayer hall at an Islamic boarding school collapsed due to structural failure.
‘Aching hearts’: family cling to hope for missing boy
Fears are mounting for a four-year-old boy who disappeared on his family's remote sheep station but his loved-ones are holding out hope he'll be found safe.
Death toll in Portugal streetcar crash rises to 17
Portuguese are in mourning a day after a famed streetcar derailed and crashed in a Lisbon street, as the death toll from the accident rises to 17.
Afghanistan quake toll tops 2200, as aid crunch looms
The death toll from an earthquake in Afghanistan has jumped to more than 2200 as search efforts continue and survivors face running out of vital aid.
Strong aftershocks hit Afghanistan after deadly quakes
Survivors have been shaken by two powerful aftershocks in eastern Afghanistan only days after the region was hit by earthquakes that killed about 2200 people.
Afghanistan’s earthquake death toll crosses 1400
Rescuers are struggling with mountainous terrain as they try to get to remote villages after a major earthquake in Afghanistan that's killed over 1400 people.
Commandos airdropped to rescue Afghan quake survivors
Dozens of commandos are landing where helicopters can't as rescue efforts continue in eastern Afghanistan after a massive earthquake killed over 1400 people.
Floods kill at least 34 in India-controlled Kashmir
Heavy rains across the Himalayan mountains have killed at least 34 people in the last 24 hours in India.
‘You just do it’: bravery award for flood rescuer
A man whose quick thinking helped save a woman stranded in a flooded creek has been awarded a bravery decoration for his "unforeseen courage".
‘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.
At least 68 dead, 74 missing as boat sinks off Yemen
At least 68 migrants have died after a boat sank off Yemen's coast with dozens still unaccounted for, officials say.
German backpacker’s outback rescue ‘sheer luck’
Police have revealed further details about a 26-year-old backpacker's near two-week ordeal in remote bushland, saying it was pure chance she was found.
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.