Disasters, Accidents and Emergency Incidents

When a grain silo collapsed on Pete Hamilton, he thought he was going to die. More than 12 months on, he is preparing for a long-distance run to raise money for his rescuers. 

Port Vila is rebuilding after a magnitude-7.3 earthquake — and residents see an opportunity to increase the city's tourism appeal.

Some residents say Port Vila's reconstruction effort is an opportunity to rethink the city.

The sinkhole, which was caused by corroded sewerage pipes, was first discovered in February and is now at least 40 metres wide. 

Dry and windy conditions fanned the flames, forcing motorists on the main highway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv to abandon their cars and run for their lives.

The Myanmar military has been accused of hoarding life-saving relief while survivors endure soaring heat, disease, and displacement in earthquake-shattered Myanmar.

A judge says the results of a psychologist's report into a woman who hit a 12-year-old girl with her car was "just not adding up", causing a sentencing delay.

Traffic was gridlocked, trains stopped working, people were stuck in lifts and nuclear power stations were automatically shut down as a blackout hit tens of millions of people across Spain and Portugal.

Canadian police say a number of people have been killed and more injured after a car ploughed through a street festival in Vancouver.

Iran's president visits casualties of a huge explosion that rocked one of the Islamic Republic's main ports, a facility purportedly linked to an earlier delivery of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant.

The blast happened at the Shahid Rajaei port just outside a major facility for container shipments for the Islamic Republic that handles some 80 million tons of goods annually.

The strike on a "well known" United Nations compound last month left one employee of the organisation dead and forced the UN to temporarily reduce its staffing in Gaza.

Five people were hospitalised when the gunman rampaged through Florida State University, shooting at students, before he was shot and injured by local law enforcement.

There were two people on board, and one of them has suffered injuries requiring hospital treatment.

This "alert circle" is a natural response to perceived threats, with elephants having the ability to feel sounds through their feet.

Workers at a plant where two silos collapsed last year are at risk of serious injury or death, according to dozens of improvement notices issued by the NSW safety regulator.  

An out-of-control bushfire in central Victoria has come within 100 metres of private property, but authorities say fire behaviour dropped off on Sunday afternoon.

Steven Hall says the floods in western Queensland have wiped out most of his flock and destroyed 19 kilometres worth of fencing.

A 62-year-old Hobart man has died while fishing with his neighbour at South Arm, police say.

Pop culture might mock doomsday preppers, but in some cases, their mindset can teach us helpful lessons.