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Rescuers evacuate the body of a flood victim in West Sumatra.

Death toll surpasses 1200 after simultaneous storms devastate Asia

The casualty figure is set to rise as rescuers sift through mud and debris for hundreds of people still missing across multiple countries.

  • Zach Hope

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Rescuers carry the body of a flood victim, in Agam, West Sumatra, Indonesia, on Sunday.

More than 1000 dead in devastating fortnight of Asian storms

Hundreds more remain missing after the latest extreme weather to hit the region caused floods and landslides, in a horror wet season.

  • Zach Hope
The cliff in McCrae experienced four landslides between November 2022 and January 2025.

Warning signs missed for months before disastrous McCrae landslide

A final report into a devastating landslide has criticised South East Water and Mornington Peninsula Shire for failing to urgently respond to residents’ concerns.

  • Adam Carey
The cliff in McCrae experienced four landslides between November 2022 and January 2025.

Mornington Peninsula in belated push to protect homes from landslides

A coastal council whose management of landslide risk has come under the microscope is moving to add new planning controls in areas prone to erosion.

  • Adam Carey
Landslide in Sassafras

‘Likely and imminent’: Thousands of Dandenongs homes at risk of landslides

Communities in the Yarra Ranges face a growing risk of landslides, with a council report identifying thousands of properties that require erosion controls.

  • Adam Carey
Video shows a huge mudslide near Blatten, with homes and buildings partially submerged under a mass of brownish sludge.
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Swiss alpine village wiped out by collapsing glacier

Video shows a huge mudslide near Blatten, with homes and buildings partially submerged under a mass of brownish sludge.

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The cliff in McCrae experienced four landslides between November 2022 and January 2025.

Water company spent weeks looking for mains leak before McCrae landslide

South East Water admits failed leak detection methods allowed millions of litres of water to seep into the earth before a disastrous landslip upended lives.

  • Adam Carey
Retiree Paul Willigenburg leaves the County Court after giving evidence in the inqury into the McCrae landslides.

‘Glass in his head’: Retiree recounts plucking worker from McCrae landslide rubble

Paul Willigenburg ran for safety when a neighbour’s house collapsed down a hill, before helping in the miracle rescue of a man inside.

  • Adam Carey
The January 14 landslide in McCrae resulted in the evacuation of 19 surrounding properties.

Landslides occurred on McCrae cliff for 70 years, inquiry told

Poor drainage, natural springs, building works and inadequate erosion controls are all being probed as potential culprits in January’s landslide in McCrae.

  • Adam Carey
Gerry and Bronwyn Borghesi

Home owners don’t have to pay to fix McCrae landslide, court finds

Mornington Peninsula Council has been trying to force Gerry and Bronwyn Borghesi to pick up an estimated $1.25 million bill for earthworks on the cliff face since 2022.

  • Adam Carey

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