Millions of Aussies are being warned to brace for days of wild weather with blizzards, damaging winds, and “abnormally” high tides.
Samina Rakhshani
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says Ebola testing needs ramp up in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Ange Kasongo
Millions of Aussies are bracing for destructive winds to sweep across multiple states, just after Western Australia was pelted by 135km/h wind gusts.
David Hannant and Andrew Hedgman
Will Flood once asked a colleague to cover his shift so he could respond to a rescue – not knowing he was freeing her sister and nieces from a car crash.
Tia Clarkson-Pascoe
A powerful storm system is taking aim at a capital city just as days of torrential rain and flash flooding finally ease elsewhere.
Andrew Hedgman
After hundreds fled a flood-hit community months ago, a first group of evacuees are finally set to return following a major clean-up and restoration operation.
Lloyd Jones
A major rain system is sweeping across Australia, bringing flooding risks, damaging winds and dangerous surf to several states.
While winter is usually wet and soggy for those living on Australia’s east coast, this year it’s likely to be different.
Alexandra Feiam
At least two people have been confirmed dead after a magnitude 5.2 earthquake hit Guangxi in the southwest region of China.
Liz Lee
Emergency crews have rescued 48 students and teachers cut off by flash flooding during a school camp in a national park.
Samina Rakhshani and Emma Kirk
Indonesian rescuers have recovered the body of a woman who was caught in a volcanic eruption, and have located the position of two other hikers.
Ananda Teresia
More than a dozen hikers have been rescued after a volcano erupted in eastern Indonesia, while authorities are scrambling to find three others who are missing.
Staff Writers
A young man who died after his car plunged into a weir during a late-night drive through a notorious Royal National Park has been named.
Jack Nivison and Andrew Hedgman
At least 18 people have died in flooding and landslides across Kenya.
Lava is flowing down a mountainside in the Philippines as the country's most active volcano erupts.
Millions of Aussies are bracing for a cold front over the country’s southeast this weekend, after weeks of unseasonable autumn warmth.
Ike Morris
A natural disaster that leaves “very little visible destruction” is killing Australians in droves, and things could potentially get worse.
Jack Nivison
The nation’s coldest nights of the year have given way to an extraordinary weather flip, with an “unseasonal” change about to hit millions of Aussies.
Emma Kirk
A suspected tornado has left a trail of destruction across part of one Aussie state, ripping roofs from homes and downing powerlines.
Japan has downgraded tsunami warnings triggered after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck in waters off its northeast coast.
Residents in some parts of Wellington have been evacuated after heavy rain smashed the New Zealand capital overnight, triggering flash flooding and landslides.
Heavy rain has sparked flash flooding around New Zealand's capital, closing roads and forcing some residents to evacuate.
Parts of Australia have been waking up to sub-zero temperatures as experts warn the icy cold weather will generate the chilliest night of the year so far.
Emma Kirk and Jack Nivison
A major blaze has broken out at one of Australia's two remaining oil refinery plants, disrupting petrol production amid the global fuel crisis.
Nick Wilson and Callum Godde
