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Levels along the NT's swollen Daly River are peaking above those set three decades ago. (HANDOUT/NORTHERN TERRITORY GOVERNMENT)

Disaster and EmergencyHomes flooded to rooftops as emergency relief arrives

Homes along a flooded Top End river have been inundated as one of the biggest local welfare responses on record is rolled out.

John Kidman and Aaron Bunch

The home’s roof faced significant structural damage due to the fire.

EmergencyPremiumHome damaged after midnight blaze in Perth’s south

Multiple emergency services were called to the scene shortly after midnight on Saturday.

Kirsty Lichtenstein

Emergency services at the scene of a house fire on Manning Road in Manning overnight.

Disaster and EmergencyCommentsPremiumFireys reveal cause of southern suburbs house inferno

A southern suburbs home has been gutted by fire, as fireys reveal what is believed to be the cause of the blaze.

Jessica Evensen

Dozens of homes and businesses have been inundated by floodwaters in Chinchilla. (John Wilson/AAP PHOTOS)

Disaster and Emergency'Here to stay': locals dig in with post-flood mud army

For the third time in six years, a regional community has welcomed the mud army as volunteers help waterlogged regions following widespread flooding.

Laine Clark and Robyn Wuth

Firefighters are battling a bushfire in the Shire of Chapman Valley.

EmergencyPremiumYuna bushfire threat eases, downgraded to advice alert

A bushfire in Yuna is posing a possible threat to lives and homes, with residents warned they should be ready to leave.

Sally Q Davies

Police close off the junction between Chester Pass Road and Menang Drive because of a fire which caused a Hazmat alert in Willyung on March 11. Claire Middleton

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Willyung hazmat warning contained to premises

An Albany business remains under a hazmat warning more than 24-hours after a fire was sparked in bags of agricultural fumigant and began releasing plumes of phospine gas on Wednesday morning. 

Hannah Whitehead

The Coral Adventurer cruise ship became stranded after hitting a reef off the coast of PNG. (Lloyd Jones/AAP PHOTOS)

Disaster and EmergencySpeed, navigation errors flagged in cruise grounding

A cruise ship became grounded on a reef after a senior crew member attempted to change course at a higher speed than intended, safety investigators say.

Tom Wark

A 65-year-old Swiss man is believed to have started the fire after boarding the bus. (AP PHOTO)

Disaster and EmergencySwiss bus blaze kills six as man 'set fire to himself'

Swiss police say a man is believed ⁠to have boarded a bus before dousing himself in flammable material, causing a fire that killed six people.

Dave Graham and Olivia Le Poidevin

A teenager has been rushed to hospital after crashing his dirt bike into a tree on Great Northern Highway in Cuballing.

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Teen flown to RPH with severe injuries after dirt bike crash

A teenager has been flown to Royal Perth Hospital with serious injuries after crashing his motorcycle into a tree while travelling on Great Southern Highway in Cuballing on Wednesday.

Hannah Whitehead

A triple road train flipped its back trailer spilling grain across both lanes of Chester Pass Road in the Stirling Range National Park on Wednesday morning.

TRUCK TRAILER ROLLOVERPremiumTraffic detour on Chester Pass Rd after grain truck rollover

Motorists travelling south in the Stirling Range National Park have been diverted after a triple road train rollover on Wednesday morning, the trailer blocking both lanes and spilling its contents.

Hannah Whitehead

Six people have died in a bus fire near the Swiss capital, while three others are in hospital. (AP PHOTO)

Disaster and EmergencySix dead after bus bursts into flames in Switzerland

A bus fire in Switzerland has killed at least six people with police investigating whether it was started by a person inside.

Staff Writers

Firefighters have battled a massive blaze that erupted on a barge on the Delaware River. (AP PHOTO)

Disaster and EmergencyMassive fire breaks out on US scrap metal barge

Boats with water cannons have been called in after a large barge carrying scrap metal in the United States caught fire.

Staff Writers

Flooding has inundated about 200 homes in Bundaberg while shutting schools and closing roads. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

Disaster and EmergencyWaterlogged city waits to learn extent of latest floods

Hundreds of homes have been hit by flooding at a regional community but the full extent of the damage may not be known for days.

Andrew Stafford, Laine Clark and Lloyd Jones

The body of a man believed to be Robert Synder, who went missing more than four months ago, has been located in bushland south-east of Perth. 

PerthHeartbroken daughter sheds light on Perth engineer’s death

There’s been a devastating development in the disappearance of an ‘adored’ grandfather more than four months after he was last seen.

Jessica Evensen

Scottish rail services have been crippled after a fire broke out near a busy Glasgow train station. (AP PHOTO)

Disaster and EmergencyGlasgow fire closes Scotland's busiest train station

A fire that started in a vape shop near Glasgow Central Station has disrupted rail services across Scotland.

Staff Writers

Williams Police are investigating the incident.

Truck RolloverFreightliner truck rollover causes 24-hour road closure

A popular farming road was reopened on Monday morning after being closed for 24 hours due to a truck and grain trailer rollover in the Shire of Williams, with police investigating the incident.

Hannah Whitehead

The earthquakes are contained within a 10km radius.

earthquakesCommentsPremiumEarthquake swarm hits WA town, tremors expected for months

A WA town rattled by more than 100 earthquakes since the start of 2026 is likely to keep experiencing the rumbles for several months, according to a seismologist who couldn’t rule out a damaging main shock.

Melissa Sheil

The mountain of ?garbage became unstable after torrential rain. (EPA PHOTO)

Disaster and EmergencyLandfill collapse kills four in Indonesia, five missing

Four people are dead and five people are still missing after one of the world's largest open landfill garbage dumps collapsed in Indonesia.

Staff Writers

Two people with serious injuries were airlifted to hospital following a rock-climbing incident in the Stirling Range National Park.

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Injured Bluff Knoll climbers taken to hospital after fall

Two people with serious injuries are enroute to hospital after being rescued from Bluff Knoll in the Stirling Range National Park following a rock-climbing incident at the popular peak. 

Jacki Elezovich and Jessica Evensen

Multiple searches have failed to find Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which vanished in 2014. (AP PHOTO)

Disaster and EmergencyFamilies of flight MH370 victims push for wider search

Malaysia is being urged to extend the search for a flight carrying 227 passengers that disappeared en route from ‌Kuala Lumpur to Beijing 12 years ago.

Rozanna Latiff

A man has severely injured his leg in a motorcycle accident in Perth’s northern suburbs. 

Disaster and EmergencyHorror crash in Nowergup leaves man with serious injuries

A man has severely injured his leg in a motorcycle accident in Perth’s northern suburbs. 

Caitlin Vinci

The fire broke out near Chester Pass Road and Terry Road.

FireThreat reduced as early-morning Walmsley bushfire contained

The bushfire threat was reduced for Albany’s northern suburbs on Monday, after a fire sparked in Walmsley in the early hours of Sunday morning was brought under control.

Melissa Sheil

Peruvian emergency authorities say a blast at the Dali nightclub has injured more than 30 people. (AP PHOTO)

Disaster and EmergencyNightclub bombing in Peru injures 33, authorities say

A bombing at a nightclub in Peru has left 33 people injured and at least five are in a serious condition, authorities say.

Staff Writers

Kenyan authorites have recovered bodies and begun to clean up after flooding in Nairobi. (AP PHOTO)

Disaster and EmergencyFloods in Kenya kill 10, disrupt flights at airport

Flash flooding has killed at least 10 people in Kenya's capital as wild weather swept away vehicles and disrupted flights at a major airport.

Thomas Mukoya and Monica Mwangi