Students, teacher rescued from mountain walking track
A teacher and six students have been rescued from a Queensland mountain walking track, with one child taken to hospital for heat exhaustion.
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Hello Kitty toy trap lures boy into smash and grab
A three-year-old boy with his eyes on the prize has taken a short cut and ended up stuck inside a shopping centre claw machine, surrounded by plush toys.
Ironwomen and ironmen rescue swimmers from flash rip
A group of 25 swimmers have been saved from a rip by quick-thinking surf ironmen and ironwomen fresh from a competition.
Venomous snake bites woman while lying in her own bed
A woman bitten by a highly venomous snake while lying in bed has been flown to hospital from a remote Queensland property.
Search for swimmer, 19, swept out to sea
A 19-year-old man was caught in a rip and swept out to sea after coming to the aid of a family member in difficulty in the surf off the NSW South Coast.
Hundreds of calls for help as storms blanket NSW
The NSW State Emergency Service has responded to hundreds of calls for assistance in the past 24-hours, with residents told to prepare for a wet Christmas.
Tinnie Army hailed as heroes after flooding rescues
Amazing stories of rescues are emerging after a Tinnie Army was mobilised during devastating flooding caused by Tropical Cyclone Jasper.
Rescuers reach 41 workers trapped in Indian tunnel
The "rat miners" who've been burrowing through the rubble of a collapsed road tunnel in India have broken through to the 41 workers trapped for over two weeks.
Ex-surfing champ with ‘hours to live’ rescued by flight
An ex-surfing champion says he had hours to live after suffering a medical episode in Bali before being rescued by a crowd funded emergency flight to Australia.
Missing fisherman’s body found in central Queensland
Authorities have located the body of a missing fisherman after his two mates were spotted by a rescue helicopter on a beach in central Queensland.
Grave concerns for man who fled from police into river
The search for a man who entered a central Queensland river while fleeing police has recommenced.
River search resumes for man who fled from police
A search for a man who entered a central Queensland river while fleeing police has recommenced.
Rower rescued by cruise ship after record bid dashed
A Brisbane man hoping to become the youngest person to row solo across the Pacific has been rescued by a cruise ship after clinging to his boat for 13 hours.
Landmine risk adds to Libya flood clean-up, toll rises
Many people in Libya have been left without fresh drinking water since the floods but there's a new danger: landmines displaced by strong currents.
Morocco quake survivors struggle in shelters
The death toll from a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck in Morocco's High Atlas Mountains stands at more than 2800, but that figure looks likely to rise.
Morocco survivors seek aid as quake toll passes 2100
Rescue efforts are ramping up as the death toll from Morocco's deadliest earthquake in more than half a century continues to climb.
Race on to find survivors 48 hours after Morocco quake
An aftershock rattled Morocco as it sought to rescue survivors while soldiers and aid workers raced to reach ruined mountain villages
Race to find survivors as Morocco quake toll nears 2500
The death toll from the deadliest earthquake to hit Morocco in more than 60 years is nearing 2500 as rescuers race to find survivors.
Morocco quake toll hits 2800, rescuers continue search
The death toll of a massive earthquake that devastated large parts of Morocco has risen to more than 2800.
Australian man rescued from remote Antarctic base
It took an icebreaker ship and two helicopters to evacuate an Australian man from the Casey research station in Antarctica.
Three men rescued after sharks attack boat in Coral Sea
Two round-the-world sailors and a crew member have been rescued in the Coral Sea after their inflatable catamaran was attacked and torn open by sharks.
Safe but shocked: rescued sailors arrive on dry land
The expedition leader of an inflatable boat attacked by sharks in the Coral Sea has told his tale after arriving on dry land.
More bodies recovered in Europe floods, toll up to 14
Heavy flooding causes damage to buildings, roads and bridges in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria with more bodies recovered by rescue teams.
All eight people trapped on Pakistan cable car rescued
Army commandos using helicopters have rescued eight people from a broken cable car as it dangled hundreds of metres above a canyon in Pakistan.
Mock quake to test for cracks in emergency response
Australian and international crews will test their response to a major disaster when they stage a hypothetical earthquake in central Brisbane.
Aussies won’t end trip after ‘terrifying’ ordeal at sea
Rescuers let out a cheer when they found three Australians who spent two nights adrift at sea after a boat capsized during bad weather in Indonesia.
Rescuers search for four missing Aussies off Aceh
Australian tourists are missing after their boat disappeared off the Indonesian coast where local authorities have begun a search and rescue operation.
Harbour search for second missing man scaled back
The search on Sydney Harbour for a man still missing after a boat capsize that claimed the life of art dealer Tim Klingender is being scaled back.
Bushwalker recovering after Gold Coast cliff fall
An injured bushwalker who fell from a cliff in the Lamington National Park on the Gold Coast is recovering in hospital after being airlifted to safety.
Bushwalker found injured in creek bed ‘extremely lucky’
A bushwalker who fell from a cliff has been found seriously injured in a creek bed in the Gold Coast hinterland where authorities will try to winch him out.
Communities rally for victims of horror bus crash
Locals are reaching out to the families and injured victims of the NSW Hunter Valley bus crash, offering meals and accommodation as the site opens to mourners.