Natural Disasters

Natural Disasters

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Earthquake strikes off coast of one of Australia’s closest neighbours

‘It was pretty bloody scary, we were in the pool and it all just moved.’

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An earthquake has struck off the coast of Indonesia.

‘Rare and potent’: Why Australia has a rain ‘bullseye’ and the wild weather could hit soon

‘I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t concerned about what’s likely to happen over the next six months.’

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Floodwaters surround the town of Gympie in February 2022.

Watch pilot’s death-defying crash landing on highway before plane bursts into flames

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Terrifying footage shows the plane skidding across multiple lanes before pulling up just short of a wall.

Family loses four children as death toll from unprecedented Kentucky flooding rises to at least 25

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The death toll in flood-stricken parts of eastern Kentucky climbed to at least 25 and will almost certainly “get worse” as first responders work to account for missing residents, the state’s governor said Saturday.

‘Sad, very raw and personal’: Remembering the Thredbo disaster 25 years on

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The Thredbo landslide disaster on July 30, 1997 claimed 18 lives. (AP PHOTO)

Four dead as devastating earthquake hits northern Philippines

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Rescuers walk along debris from a collapsed wall after a strong earthquake struck northern Philippine island Luzon.