Category: Australasia

Christchurch Hit by Aftershocks

An emergency centre has been set up in the New Zealand city of Christchurch after a series of violent

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2010: The Deadliest Year Yet

Video Report: Quakes, floods, blizzards, heat waves, and other natural disasters took more lives in 2010 than terrorist attacks

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Devastating Floods Hit W Australia

Authorities say floods in Western Australia's Gascoyne region have caused widespread damage to crops and pastoral stations. A station owner

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Lightning Blows 4m Holes in Roofs

Lightning blasted holes up to four metres wide in Melbourne house roofs as a severe storm hit the city's

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Anti Whaling Sea Shepherd Sets Sail

The newest addition to the Sea Shepherd anti-whaling fleet is due to leave Hobart this morning for the Southern

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Australia: Locals Rescued From Roof

Thirty people have been rescued by helicopter from the roof of a property near Gascoyne Junction, 950 kilometres north

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Australia: Pine Forest Blown Away

Forestry SA says nothing could have prevented 130 hectares of pine forest from blowing over in a gale-force storm

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Aus: Record Floods Hit Carnarvon

The town of Carnarvon is on track to break its annual rainfall average in less than two days. It has

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Gold Coast 1,000’s Without Power

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) says severe thunderstorms stretch from the far north to southern Queensland, but the main

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Locusts Make it to Tasmania

Australian plague locusts have been found on the north-west coast of Tasmania. There have been at least three sightings of

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