Hurricane Karina has become a major hurricane in the Pacific with winds exceeding 200km/h but poses no immediate threat to land.
Staff Writers
Hundreds have gathered at a vigil for the victims of devastating floods in Nepal, as the Australian government desperately seeks updates on missing citizens.
Eleanor Wilson, Melissa Meehan and Duncan Murray
Emergency workers in Nepal are racing to reach more than 900 workers trapped in hydropower project tunnels choked with mud and rock debris in the Himalayas.
Gopal Sharma, Saurabh Sharma and Sahana Bajracharya
A motorboat has burst into a raging fireball at Fremantle’s Challenger Harbour, sending massive plumes of toxic black smoke over the city.
Danella Bevis
An 18-year-old man has died after his car left a Wheatbelt road and crashed into a tree.
Caitlin Vinci
The 18-year-old never returned from what was meant to be a day hike, prompting a massive eight-day search.
Demi Huang
The number of Australians missing in the Nepal-Tibet flood disaster has risen to more than 40, as rescue crews continue their mission to find survivors.
Allanah Sciberras
An Australian woman missing in the Nepal floods has been found safe, Foreign Minister Penny Wong confirmed.
Allanah Sciberras, Sam Lock and Nick Wilson
The family of the latest person killed on WA roads has spoken out about their senseless loss and absolute heartbreak, saying the tragedy has “left a hole in all of our lives that can never be filled.”
Kate Campbell
More than 390 people have been killed, and at least 1400, including 39 Australians, are missing after catastrophic flash flooding in Nepal and Tibet.
Allanah Sciberras and Annabelle Banfield
An Australian woman caught up in deadly flooding in Nepal has made contact with family as heavy continued rainfall makes rescue conditions difficult.
Nick Wilson, Allanah Sciberras, Eleanor Wilson and Samantha Lock
An influx of jellyfish has shut down reactors at the largest nuclear power station in France, with its operators unsure what is behind the phenomenon.
Countries and organisations around the world have begun sending cash, relief supplies and other aid to Nepal following a devastating flash flood.
High-level investigators have visited the hospital nursery in Pakistan where a fast-moving fire killed 14 newborns, amid widespread outrage over the blaze.
Munir Ahmed
A glacier collapse has caused catastrophic flooding in a border area of China and Nepal, leaving hundreds of foreign tourists missing, including 35 Australians.
At least 160 people have been killed and hundreds more are missing after deadly flooding struck villages in the border region between Nepal and Tibet.
Annabelle Banfield
At least 162 people have died and hundreds remain missing as Australia's Nepali community comes to terms with an unfolding natural disaster.
Nick Wilson and Allanah Sciberras
A woman is dead and a man known to her is in custody after her body was found in Perth’s south-east.
Caleb Runciman and Brooke Rolfe
A tight-knit group of Australian families, including children, are among those missing after catastrophic flash flooding ripped through northern Nepal.
Eleanor Wilson, Nick Wilson and Allanah Sciberras
At least nine people are dead and hundreds of foreign travellers are among the missing after a catastrophic flood devastated the Nepal-Tibet border region.
Gopal Sharma and Liz Lee
Grief-stricken families are demanding answers after a fire swept through a nursery at a hospital in Pakistan's capital, killing 14 babies.
A teenage driver has died and a man is fighting for life in hospital after a fatal crash in the Mid West.
Brooke Rolfe
Rescuers are continuing their search in southern France after a late-night tornado left a small village in ruins.
There are fears for the viability of Australia's seal populations after another detection of bird flu, while critically endangered birds will be vaccinated.
Andrew Stafford
