Disaster and Emergency Response

Energys Australia will source green hydrogen from Victoria for the fuel cells, which allow communities to stay connected for 72 hours even when the power is out.

A Queensland underground coal mine is on fire up to half a kilometre below ground. Remote control technology is helping in an around-the-clock race to seal the mine and avoid further explosions.

Keith Davis and Kerry Jordan — who were injured onboard a Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore that encountered severe turbulence — have returned home to Adelaide via a medical evacuation flight.

Vast uncertainty surrounds the final death toll from last week's catastrophic landslide in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province with a local official saying he believes 162 people have been killed in the natural disaster — far fewer than estimated by the United Nations or the country's government.

The landslide that struck Papua New Guinea's Enga province came without apparent warning and while people slept. But can landslides be predicted? The answer could help prevent future deaths.

The United Nations will hold an emergency meeting to further coordinate the response to the disaster, which has been hampered by the weather and tribal violence in the remote region.

Papua New Guinea's government has warned the death toll from Friday's landslide in Enga province could jump dramatically.

An RAAF officer who helped guide a light plane pilot to safety speaks about the behind-the-scenes drama, including the heart-stopping moment radio contact was lost in the flight's final seconds.

The clean-up is underway and an asbestos alert is in place after a freak storm ripped through the WA city of Bunbury.

Months after a series of freak storms tore through the Gold Coast hinterland, Tammie Fogarty is still waiting for her home to be repaired. She says disaster victims have been left to fend for themselves as the state grapples with a $2.2 billion rebuild.

When a traumatic job caused paramedic Peter Vinnicombe to fear for his life, he was plunged into a deep depression. Despite the honour he felt serving as a paramedic, he doesn't think support for former first responders is good enough.

It is hoped MDMA — the active ingredient in the recreational drug ecstasy — will help flood survivors find self-compassion and relief as part of a trial funded by the federal government.

Flora Walter's WhatsApp group has around 500 members and has supported Mildura's Malay community in translating vital information for years, including during the Victorian floods of 2022. But it's not yet officially supported by government.

A woman from the small town of Numurkah is calling for improved responses to a mental health crisis in Victoria following her late partner's death by suicide.

Storms have washed away the only access road to the Megalong Valley in the Blue Mountains, leaving 200 people cut off and business facing huge losses.

Terrified Green Point residents heard an "almighty roar" as a suspected waterspout made landfall in their street and essentially turned into a tornado.

CFA volunteers in regional Victoria say their decades-old fire trucks are not fit for purpose, and are calling on the state's emergency services minister to provide more funding.

Up to 100 millimetres of rain has drenched areas near Charleville in south-west Queensland in the last 24 hours, causing the Warrego River to swell. 

The Key Bridge was considered so iconic at the Key Brewery, a nearby namesake, that a big TV beamed a live shot into the bar. Now, the screen displays an empty vista of sky and clouds. 

Investigators have recovered the data as part of an ongoing probe into the incident, with efforts underway to determine if dirty fuel played a part in the ship's power loss.

Memories of the fatal event that split Tasmania's capital city in two have been triggered as rescue efforts continue in Baltimore. Maritime workers reflect on lessons learnt from the 1975 tragedy.

Two earthmoving contractors who worked to protect the town of Koondrook during the October 2022 floods have finally received payment from the state government. 

Three homes and five short-stay accommodation units have been lost to a fire burning near Waroona, but firefighters have since managed to contain the blaze.

The son of a 62-year-old cyclist killed on the Nullarbor yesterday says his father died "doing something that he loved".

The executive director of the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience, who is also a Ballarat resident, says the people of the city need to continue to keep supporting each other after months of trauma.