The next generation of firefighting vehicles will be put to the test when the bushfire danger period kicks off in one Australian state.
Nathan Schmidt
Bushfires in the Northern Territory are among the first captured by an artificially intelligent satellite designed to detect and record danger from above.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Despite weakening, tropical storm Wipha has caused flooding in parts of northern Vietnam, damaging hundreds of homes and destroying crops.
Staff Writers
An MP has slammed the Albanese government for “falling short” on handling a crisis that is leaving thousands of animal carcasses washed up on beaches.
Jack Nivison
Severe wet weather triggering floods and landslides in South Korea has left at least 18 people dead, officials say.
Daewoung Kim and Sebin Choi
Murray Watt will commit $14m to tackle the toxic algal bloom plaguing the SA coast, however he warned the problem will not be solved “overnight”.
Jessica Wang and Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
A tsunami warning has been issued for Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula after two powerful earthquakes.
A landslide triggered by days of heavy rain in South Korea has seen the death toll from the drenching increase to at least 14, while 12 people are missing.
Hyunjoo Jin
Weeks after catastrophic flash flooding in Texas killed at least 135 people, just three people remain missing - down from the nearly 100 feared lost.
A volcano has erupted in southern Iceland, forcing guests at a famed geothermal spa to flee the latest outbreak from the once long-dormant fissure.
As one Aussie state continues to suffer from a “disaster” algae bloom that is putting the future of the fisheries industry in crisis, the Greens have made a simple demand from Albo.
Blake Antrobus and Jessica Wang
Around 100 people remain missing in the aftermath of flooding that devastated central Texas.
Officials in Texas are keeping a wary eye on river levels after a forecast further heavy rain following deadly flooding in the US state.
Steve Gorman
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake has struck off the Tanimbar Islands region in Indonesia, but there's no tsunami threat to Australia.
Emergency crews have temporarily suspended the search for victims of catastrophic flooding in Texas, amid fears the final death toll could reach 300.
GABRIELA AOUN
Anthony Albanese is in China spruiking Australia as the number one place to see for big spending holiday-makers.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
More than 150 earthquakes and aftershocks with magnitudes ranging from 3.0 to 5.7 have been reported across Guatemala this week.
As the death toll from the Texas floods approaches 120, rescue teams are searching for the more than 170 people still unaccounted for.
Jane Ross
The search continues in treacherous terrain for more than 180 people who remain missing in Texas, where at least 109 people died in a flash flood.
Jane Ross, Rich McKay and Jonathan Allen
Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki is spewing ask and smoke for a second day, covering the countryside with debris and making life difficult for nearby villagers.
Niniek Karmini and Jacobus Herin
More than 100 people are confirmed dead as rescuers continue the search for missing people after catastrophic flooding in Texas.
Jim Vertuno and Nadia Lathan
Transport delays look likely as cities across the country brace for days of pummelling winds on the back of a cold front that is moving “really quickly”.
Brendan Kearns
Indonesian villages are on alert again after Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki's latest eruption rained debris and unleashed an ash cloud high into the sky.
Extreme flooding has struck before dawn in parts of Texas with little or no warning, precluding authorities from issuing any evacuation orders.