Natural Disasters

Natural Disasters

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Magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes off Philippines

Local authorities say the risk of a tsunami remains.

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An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 has struck off Mindanao in the southern Philippines, seismologists say.

Man charged after five-year-old boy drowns in car

The boy’s body was found trapped in a car submerged in floodwaters.

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A man has been charged over the death of a five-year-old boy was trapped in a car in floodwaters. (Murray McCloskey/AAP PHOTOS)

Woman, four children become stuck in car between flooded waterways

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Family stuck in floodwaters in South East Queensland.

Death toll from powerful 6.7 magnitude earthquake rises

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A security guard walks beside the damaged ceiling of a shopping mall in General Santos City, South Cotabato, southern Philippines on Friday Nov. 17, 2023. A powerful undersea earthquake has shaken the southern Philippines. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake measured magnitude 6.7 and was located 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Burias at the southern tip of the Philippines. (AP Photo/Shaira Ann Sandigan)

Tragic details in ‘wonderful’ young man’s bushfire-fighting death

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William Jennings was in Australia to help the bushfire-fighting effort.

Family of ten homeless as bushfire destroys property: ‘Absolute devastation’

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A Queensland family of 10 have lost everything to a bushfire.