A young boy has died after he was struck by a large tree branch on a rural property during wild weather. The six-year-old was with family at a private property off Bells Road in Gowangardie, near Shepparton in Victoria’s north when he was found critically injured just after 8am Thursday.Continue Reading
Heartbreaking footage has captured the “sad reality” of people sleeping rough after tents at a park in Brisbane’s CBD were inundated by wild storms. Heavy rains and blistering winds killed 10 people across Queensland and Victoria over the Christmas and Boxing Day holidays, including a nine-year-old girl in Brisbane. AlmostContinue Reading
A schoolteacher at a Brisbane school is among two missing after fierce storms in Queensland’s southeast left five people dead, including a nine-year-old girl. Stephen “Taity” Tait and two others were reported missing after the boat they were travelling on capsized near Green Island in Moreton Bay about 5.30pm onContinue Reading
Tributes have flowed for a woman killed by a falling tree branch in a horrific accident in Darwin’s Botanic Gardens, many remembering her for her “vibrant, adventurous spirit”. Angelique De Wet, 28, has been identified as the victim of the horrific tragedy in the Northern Territory on Sunday. She hadContinue Reading
A tiny jumping spider that looks like a “liquorice-all-sort” and a “ferocious hunter” that camouflages as a tree branch are among three new spider species uncovered by researchers searching Australia’s remote alpine region. Twenty scientists and teachers have travelled to the region near the border between Victoria and New SouthContinue Reading
A woman has died after a 20m tree branch fell on her car while she was driving along a rural road on Saturday. Police believe the woman, aged in her 50s, was driving along the Illawarra Highway in the NSW Southern Highlands when the massive tree branch hit her windscreen.Continue Reading