A mother and her two children have drowned after their car plunged into floodwaters in Australia. Their bodies were recovered from a swollen New South Wales (NSW) river on Tuesday following torrential rain in the aftermath of Cyclone Debbie. An eight-year-old girl, also part of the family, escaped the vehicle before running to a house … Read more
The huge storm that tore through parts of northeastern Australia this week was almost called Caleb instead of Debbie. The next one will be named Ernie. Debbie started life as a tropical low off Queensland state, but formed into a cyclone just after Caleb — another weather system brewing off Western Australia — fizzled out. … Read more
Australians are bracing for the worst cyclone in the country’s northeast in several years, with residents evacuated and schools closed amid forecasts of destructive winds and rain. Cyclone Debbie has been forming off the coast of Queensland state in recent days, the official Bureau of Meteorology said Sunday, with its “very destructive core” expected to … Read more
A shark badly mauled a man spearfishing Saturday in northern Queensland leaving him in serious condition after friends saved his life by pulling him aboard their boat, the ambulance service said. The 26-year-old suffered severe blood loss with multiple bites to his upper and lower leg, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported. “Rescue helicopter is … Read more