Flood-ravaged areas across NSW declared ...

Two police officers are confirmed dead and another is injured at a shooting at a rural property in the alpine region of Victoria 

The only surviving guest of Erin Patterson's deadly mushroom lunch says he has forgiven the convicted triple-murderer and is "no longer her victim". 

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It's been a year since catastrophic flooding inundated parts of south-east Queensland and the northern rivers of New South Wales, destroying homes and devastating communities. 

Recent floods in eastern Australia have caused devastating losses of life and livelihoods. The BBC's Vivienne Nunis visits southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales where the damage bill from torrential rain is said to be in the billions of dollars. Climate change means n ... Show More

Tsunamis, volcanoes, tornadoes, earthquakes...these are real-life monsters. We like to think we’re prepared for a catastrophe. But time and time again, Mother Nature proves us wrong. Each week, Parcast's original show, Natural Disasters examines the earth’s biggest catastrophes t ... Show More

Over the last month or so, two successive floods have hammered South Africa’s KwaZulu Natal province. More than 400 people have lost their lives, and roads, bridges and schools are amongst the infrastructure damaged in what has been described as the biggest natural disaster of po ... Show More

Around 18,000 people have been evacuated from severe floods in Australia. 

Selon l’Organisation météorologique mondiale, le nombre de catastrophes naturelles a été multiplié par cinq depuis 1970. Des chercheurs du monde entier se sont consacrés à en étudier les conséquences. Et tous sont d’accord sur un point. Plus on est démuni, plus on a de chances de ... Show More

As parts of New South Wales prepare to be possibly cut off by floodwaters, the federal government is shaking up its emergency management system 

A state of emergency has been declared in Iceland amid a series of earthquakes.