Disasters and Accidents

• Victorian Premier mulls changes to bail laws in wake of Bourke St rampage

  By Loretta Florance and Frances Bell

  Posted January 22, 2017 14:14:55 | Updated January 22, 2017 15:26:59

  Daniel Andrews says it is his job to address the "anger and frustration" Victorians feel in the wake of the Melbourne car attack on Friday, but refuses to be drawn on how bail laws might be reformed.

  Topics: police, law-crime-and-justice, crime, disasters-and-accidents, community-and-society, death, melbourne-3000

• Chapecoense survivor lifts trophy two months after tragedy as team returns to pitch

  Posted January 22, 2017 10:42:12 | Updated January 22, 2017 11:00:27

  A survivor of the air crash two months ago that killed 19 members of Brazil's Chapecoense football club lifted the Copa Sudamericana trophy in honour of his dead teammates.

  Topics: soccer, sport, air-and-space, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, brazil

• Police hit out at no-pursuit policy in wake of Bourke Street deaths

  By Sarah Farnsworth

  Posted January 21, 2017 20:16:51 | Updated January 21, 2017 23:33:24

  Victoria Police members say the contentious no-pursuit policy is leaving police hamstrung, and needs a complete overhaul after the deaths of five people in a car rampage in Melbourne's CBD.

  Topics: disasters-and-accidents, police, law-crime-and-justice, laws, melbourne-3000

• Police chief 'rock solid' behind officers after car ploughed into Melbourne mall

  By Loretta Florance

  Posted January 21, 2017 14:18:55 | Updated January 21, 2017 20:36:53

  Victoria's chief of police defends the force's handling of a car pursuit which ended with a man driving into a Melbourne mall yesterday, killing four people and injuring 30 others.

  Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, state-parliament, government-and-politics, community-and-society, disasters-and-accidents, melbourne-3000

• Three children rescued from Italy avalanche Video

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  Posted January 21, 2017 13:34:29 | Updated January 21, 2017 14:06:13

  Italian firefighters pulled out three children from the avalanche-hit Rigopiano Hotel on Friday evening, who were later taken to Pescara Hospital.

  Topics: avalanche, disasters-and-accidents, death, earthquake, community-and-society, italy

• Girl pulled from hotel rubble as search avalanche for survivors continues

  Posted January 21, 2017 12:52:57 | Updated January 22, 2017 06:42:59

  The family of a chef who first sounded the alarm after a massive avalanche struck an Italian hotel, is reunited after rescuers pulled his daughter alive from the rubble.

  Topics: avalanche, disasters-and-accidents, death, earthquake, community-and-society, italy

• Storm helps firefighters contain Coolum blaze

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  By Bruce Atkinson, Megan Kinninment and staff

  Posted January 21, 2017 10:12:31 | Updated January 21, 2017 17:30:38

  The fire that has threatened homes in the Sunshine Coast community of Coolum for three days is contained following an afternoon storm.

  Topics: bushfire, fires, emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, coolum-beach-4573, maroochydore-4558

• Michael Paino looks at daughter's image on Ipad image

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  Posted January 21, 2017 09:15:46

  Topics: accidents, disasters-and-accidents, human-interest, tas

• Melbourne in mourning amid fears Bourke Street death toll will rise

  Posted January 21, 2017 07:38:26 | Updated January 21, 2017 18:57:10

  Flowers and messages of hope and condolences are being left in tribute to those killed and injured in a terrifying car rampage through the streets of Melbourne yesterday, as five people, including a baby, fight for their lives.

  Topics: disasters-and-accidents, police, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000

• Ten survivors found in rubble after Italy avalanche

  Posted January 21, 2017 00:25:32 | Updated January 21, 2017 12:00:14

  Ten people are found alive beneath the rubble of a luxury mountain hotel in central Italy which was crushed by a massive avalanche two days earlier.

  Topics: avalanche, disasters-and-accidents, death, earthquake, italy

• Could you find MH370? Malaysia offers reward for missing flight

  Posted January 20, 2017 21:37:54 | Updated January 20, 2017 21:49:25

  Malaysia says it will pay a reward to any private company that finds the fuselage of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, days after a three-year hunt was suspended.

  Topics: accidents, disasters-and-accidents, air-and-space, malaysia, australia, china, asia

• CCTV footage shows pedestrians dodging Melbourne driver Video

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  Posted January 20, 2017 19:26:49

  Footage provided to the ABC shows pedestrians running into shops as a man drives along the footpath in Melbourne.

  Topics: road, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, melbourne-3000

• Driver arrested after Melbourne incident Video

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  Posted January 20, 2017 19:02:19 | Updated January 20, 2017 19:23:40

  Footage shows Victorian Police arresting the man believed to be responsible for the deaths of three people after he drove through a busy pedestrian mall.

  Topics: road, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, police, melbourne-3000

• Vic Premier proud of Emergency Services after 'evil crime' Video

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  Posted January 20, 2017 18:07:25 | Updated January 20, 2017 19:38:16

  Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says he is proud of the state's emergency services' response after a man drove through a packed pedestrian mall in Melbourne, killing three and injuring 20.

  Topics: road, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, melbourne-3000

• Melbourne incident driver blocking traffic near Flinders Street Station Video

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  Posted January 20, 2017 16:36:37 | Updated January 20, 2017 19:28:18

  Footage provided to the ABC appears to show a man driving erratically through traffic in a busy Melbourne intersection, before he later drove through pedestrians in busy Bourke Street Mall, killing three.

  Topics: accidents, road, disasters-and-accidents, melbourne-3000

• Coolum bushfire threat eases, fire contained

  Posted January 20, 2017 15:25:11 | Updated January 20, 2017 23:42:40

  Firefighters contain a large, fast-moving bushfire which was earlier threatening about 60 homes on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.

  Topics: disasters-and-accidents, bushfire, fires, emergency-incidents, coolum-beach-4573, qld, maroochydore-4558, australia

• Child among four dead after 'evil criminal act' in Melbourne

  By Andie Noonan and Stephanie Chalkley-Rhoden

  Posted January 20, 2017 13:48:21 | Updated January 21, 2017 00:11:53

  Four people, including a young child, are killed and more than 20 others injured after a man "deliberately" drives into pedestrians in Melbourne's CBD before he is shot and arrested.

  Topics: disasters-and-accidents, melbourne-3000

• Tarago fire sparked when bird flew too close to powerlines, NSW RFS says

  By Adrienne Francis

  Posted January 20, 2017 13:08:29 | Updated January 20, 2017 18:36:39

  This week's devastating fire at Tarago that destroyed a home and burnt out almost 3,400 hectares was sparked when a bird flew near powerlines, firefighters say.

  Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, bushfire, tarago-2580, bungendore-2621, canberra-2600, nsw, australia

• Up to six survivors found in Italian hotel after it emerges calls for help 'ignored for hours'

  Posted January 20, 2017 08:09:00 | Updated January 20, 2017 22:40:33

  Up to six people are found alive in the Italian hotel buried by an avalanche after it emerged one survivor's attempt to raise the alarm was ignored for several hours.

  Topics: disasters-and-accidents, earthquake, italy

• Sunshine Coast bushfire threat reduced as conditions ease

  Posted January 20, 2017 06:29:28 | Updated January 20, 2017 13:51:07

  Easing conditions reduce the threat of a bushfire burning since yesterday afternoon at Coolum on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, as authorities reopen the Sunshine Motorway but warn smoke haze may impact visibility for motorists.

  Topics: disasters-and-accidents, bushfire, emergency-incidents, coolum-beach-4573, peregian-beach-4573, maroochydore-4558, qld, australia

• 24 children killed when bus, truck collide in India

  Posted January 20, 2017 06:17:59

  A truck loaded with sand collides with a school bus, killing at least 24 children in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, police say.

  Topics: accidents, disasters-and-accidents, india, asia

• High-rise tower on fire in Tehran collapses Video

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  Posted January 19, 2017 21:28:38

  A high-rise residential building in Tehran collapsed on Thursday following a large fire, according to Iranian state television.

  Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, iran-islamic-republic-of

• Tehran building collapses killing 20 firefighters

  Posted January 19, 2017 21:28:38 | Updated January 20, 2017 07:37:02

  A historic high-rise building in Tehran engulfed by a fire collapses, killing at least 20 firefighters and injuring some 70 people.

  Topics: disasters-and-accidents, fires, iran-islamic-republic-of

• Firefighters to work through night defending Sunshine Coast homes

  Posted January 19, 2017 15:57:29 | Updated January 20, 2017 00:46:34

  Firefighters are battling to contain a large a fire near Coolum Beach on Queensland's Sunshine Coast but say the blaze is no longer posing a threat to properties at this time.

  Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, bushfire, coolum-beach-4573, qld

• Hunter Valley bushfire survivor describes how a 'fireball' threatened his home

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  By Robert Virtue and Penny Evans

  Posted January 19, 2017 14:19:46

  Survivors of a large bushfire in the NSW Hunter Valley are cleaning up after the blaze.

  Topics: bushfire, fires, disasters-and-accidents, loxford-2326, kurri-kurri-2327, heddon-greta-2321

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