Category: Australasia

Flood Towns Face Days of Isolation

Victorian authorities are warning more towns in flooded areas will face up to a week of isolation as the

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More Aftershocks Hit Christchurch

A series of aftershocks have been felt in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, but there are no reports

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Queensland Lashed by Severe Storms

Severe thunderstorms have battered south-east Queensland for a second night. Senior Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Ben Annells says the system

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5.1 Aftershock Hits New Zealand

A 5.1 magnitude aftershock which struck near Christchurch this morning was one of largest since the September 4 quake,

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Australians Charged $10 For Bread

Some people in flood-devastated Ipswich, west of Brisbane, have reported being heavily overcharged for basic food essentials. Fair Trading Minister

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Residents Flee As Levees Breached

Australia: Many of Kerang's 3,800 residents are fleeing across the border into New South Wales after one of the

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Floods Cost Coal Industry Billions

The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) says the state's flood crisis has cost the sector about $2.3 billion in lost

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Auckland’s Birds Die of Botulism

Animal protection authorities are pulling "bagfuls of dead birds" from Auckland's waterways as the warm, sticky summer compounds the

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Blow Up Sex Dolls Save Flood Couple

A woman has been rescued from the Yarra River in Melbourne after she lost her grip on the blow-up

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Historic Floods Swamp Victoria

One of the worst floods in Victoria's history is continuing to swamp communities, with homes evacuated in the state's

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