Natural Disasters

Natural Disasters

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Body found at property in flood-affected NSW area

Emergency services were unable to access the property for several days due to severe weather in the area.

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The flood-related death toll in the region has risen to five.

Flood crisis worsens as intense rainfall threatens more communities

Multiple people have died and there are fears for more still missing as floods wreak havoc in NSW.

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Three people have died and hundreds of residents rescued as floods wreak havoc in NSW.

Tens of thousands stranded as flood crisis set to worsen

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Properties and roads are under water in a number of towns on the NSW mid north coast as a flood crisis intensifies.

Floods kill more than 100 in eastern Congo

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The deadly flooding comes as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels intensify an offensive in eastern Congo. (AP PHOTO)

These are the experts sent to identify Aussie remains after tragedies

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The disaster victim identification (DVI) team are a 150-strong group of AFP members sent to identify Australian remains after global mass-casualty events.

Earthquake rattles residents in Sydney and surrounds

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A 4.6-magnitude earthquake near Singleton, NSW, has shaken residents awake in parts of Sydney.