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Topics: emergency-incidents, floods, lower-hawkesbury-2775
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A fire on Hobart's eastern shore, which took three hours to control, may have been deliberately lit, with sightings of people reported in the bushland where the fire started.
Topics: fires, emergency-incidents, lindisfarne-7015
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| UpdatedCalifornians who were ordered to evacuate due to a threat from the tallest dam in the US can now safely return to their homes and businesses may reopen, authorities say, although a warning remains.
Topics: dams-and-reservoirs, emergency-incidents, united-states
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| UpdatedTens of thousands of California residents remain in shelters as engineers work to shore up the tallest dam in the US before new storms sweep the region.
Topics: dams-and-reservoirs, floods, emergency-incidents, united-states
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| UpdatedMore than 170,000 lightning strikes are recorded during Monday's storms around south-east Queensland, as the clean-up gets into full swing this morning.
Topics: weather, storm-event, emergency-incidents, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, ipswich-4305, gatton-4343, toogoolawah-4313
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| UpdatedAn evening of severe thunderstorms for south-east Queensland is over, according to the Bureau of Meteorology, following hours of wild weather which saw trees snapped and homes damaged north-west of Brisbane.
Topics: weather, storm-event, emergency-incidents, brisbane-4000, ipswich-4305, qld
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The emergency spillway at the Oroville dam in California is spilling for the first time ever, prompting the local sheriff to order an evacuation.
Topics: emergency-incidents, dams-and-reservoirs, united-states
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| UpdatedMost of the small community of Uarbry has been wiped out by a bushfire burning near Dunedoo, residents say, with some of the destroyed homes belonging to volunteer firefighters who were out combating the blaze.
Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, crime, police, nsw, boggabri-2382, coffs-harbour-2450, dunedoo-2844, leadville-2844, south-kempsey-2440, mudgee-2850, dubbo-2830, beechwood-2446, tamworth-2340, gunnedah-2380, port-macquarie-2444
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| UpdatedA nine-year-old boy drowns and a man and another child are in a critical condition after an incident at a beach in Tin Can Bay on Queensland's Fraser Coast.
Topics: emergency-incidents, accidents---other, tin-can-bay-4580, qld, australia, gympie-4570
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| UpdatedFire warnings are downgraded in New South Wales after properties were destroyed, a man was flown to Sydney with severe burns and a firefighter sustained serious injuries.
Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, bushfire, nsw, coffs-harbour-2450, dunedoo-2844, leadville-2844, south-kempsey-2440, mudgee-2850, dubbo-2830, beechwood-2446, tamworth-2340, gunnedah-2380, port-macquarie-2444, boggabri-2382
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A man is rushed to hospital after an explosion and fire at a hair loss treatment salon at North Adelaide.
Topics: fires, industrial-fires, emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, north-adelaide-5006, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedYou are in trouble in the Gold Coast surf and in urgent need of a lifesaver, but fear not when you find the man who comes to your rescue is old enough to be your grandfather.
Topics: volunteers, emergency-incidents, people, human-interest, southport-4215, qld, miami-4220, mermaid-beach-4218
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Emergency accommodation is being erected in Kalgoorlie-Boulder for about 80 residents from the remote Aboriginal community of Tjuntjuntjara who have been stranded due to widespread flooding.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, aboriginal, emergency-incidents, floods, weather, housing, charities-and-community-organisations, volunteers, community-and-society, kalgoorlie-6430, boulder-6432
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| UpdatedA blaze that threatened homes in Perth's south-east is downgraded as forecast rains begin to hit the city.
Topics: emergency-incidents, fires, bedfordale-6112
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| UpdatedSinkholes appear in peculiar places, and almost every time they do we stare in disbelief, wondering "how on Earth did that happen"? Well, here's why.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, emergency-incidents, earth-sciences, australia
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| UpdatedFour homes are evacuated and a gaping sinkhole opens up near Malcolm Turnbull's home in the affluent Sydney suburb of Point Piper, with one resident describing the scene as "complete chaos".
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, police, emergency-incidents
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Six bushwalkers who veered off the marked path are rescued by helicopter while on a walk in Freycinet National Park.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, police, emergency-incidents, coles-bay-7215
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| UpdatedDi Wilschefski was talking about guardian angels when she was struck down by cardiac arrest on Serendipity Drive, where her life was saved by a cardiac nurse and a portable defibrillator.
Topics: emergency-incidents, medical-procedures, healthcare-facilities, health-policy, people, samford-4520, melbourne-3000
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First responders to the deadly attack in Melbourne's CBD use an emotional video to reach out to thank the members of the public who stayed and assisted them care for victims.
Topics: community-and-society, emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedThe Flinders Private Hospital draws power from an emergency generator and moves some intensive care patients to another hospital after a contractor cut an underground cable.
Topics: emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, bedford-park-5042, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedMillions of dollars worth of furniture and white goods are damaged or destroyed after a fire rips through an electrical retailer in north-west Queensland.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, mount-isa-4825, qld
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| UpdatedA girl is airlifted to an Adelaide hospital for treatment of burns after three people escape a house fire at Port Pirie.
Topics: residential, fires, emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, law-crime-and-justice, port-pirie-west-5540, port-pirie-5540, adelaide-5000, sa
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An 18-year-old foreign national who died after falling from a 16th storey balcony at Pyrmont in inner Sydney this morning had been drinking, NSW policy say.
Topics: emergency-incidents, alcohol, police, pyrmont-2009, nsw
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| UpdatedEmergency services rescue a woman who spent six hours with her leg wedged between rocks in a canyon in the New South Wales Blue Mountains.
Topics: emergency-incidents, leura-2780, nsw
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| UpdatedA woman who survived a bite from a venomous brown snake in Canberra heaps praise on paramedics and hospital staff, thanking them for their help during a "scary" time that had her questioning whether she could die.
Topics: reptiles, emergency-incidents, kambah-2902, canberra-2600, act, australia