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Australian PM weeps for flood victims
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Australia's Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, fought back tears yesterday as she addressed parliament and spoke about the string of natural disasters that have struck the nation this year.
Video: Australian PM fights back tears
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard fights back tears as she remembers Queensland's flood victims, including 13-year-old Jordan Rice.
Wildfires destroy 40 homes and 4,000 acres
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
Firefighters in Western Australia have been battling wildfires which have razed 4,000 acres around Perth and destroyed at least 40 homes, as the east coast recovers from a cyclone and record flooding.
Australian wildfire destroys over forty homes
Monday, 7 February 2011
A wildfire that tore across the outskirts of an Australian city destroyed at least 41 homes and damaged another 19.
Man fights off croc by hitting its snout
Monday, 7 February 2011
A father survived a crocodile attack by repeatedly punching the reptile on the nose. The man, 37, was recovering in hospital last night after the 8ft crocodile grabbed his arm and hand in a waterhole where he was swimming with his two teenage daughters.
Video: Wildfire tears across Perth
Monday, 7 February 2011
A wildfire has destroyed around 60 homes in the outskirts of the Western Australian capital of Perth.
Video: Queensland begins clean-up
Friday, 4 February 2011
Residents in Queensland have begun to clear up following a huge storm that struck the north east of Australia on Wednesday.
Troops join Queensland cyclone relief mission
Friday, 4 February 2011
Australia marshalled 4,000 troops and sent a supply ship with tons of food to its cyclone-stricken north-east coast today, as residents in wrecked towns confronted debris that included boats hurled into neighbours' gardens.
Relief as Queensland studies cyclone damage
Thursday, 3 February 2011
One of the most powerful storms ever recorded in Australia pulled houses apart and snapped power poles as it ripped across flood-sodden Queensland state Thursday but didn't kill anyone.
Queensland devastated again as 'savage' storm brings 190mph winds
Thursday, 3 February 2011
Kathy Marks: A cyclone believed to be the most powerful ever to strike Australia has battered towns on the north Queensland coast, ripping buildings apart and cutting power.
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