Now that’s what you call a stingray
IT WEIGHS a whopping 360 kilograms and is the size of a car. This massive stingray, says the team that caught it, could be the largest freshwater fish on record.
Environment
Senator’s bright idea: Free power, no income tax
IT’S the ambitious plan to make electricity free, abolish taxes and eliminate vehicle fees. But it comes with a big, potentially deadly catch. Is it worth the risk?
‘I was the only thing moving’
ON A cold, drizzly day, a man scours the beach for the bones of his son. He’s unable to move on from a monstrous event that changed the lives of thousands.
Cyclone sandwich: Australia on alert again
RESIDENTS across Northern Australia are being warned to brace for the potential of twin cyclones forming by the end of the week.
The shocking film banned in China
A SCANDALOUS documentary that gained millions of views online has been blocked from social media by the Chinese government, which is worried about what it might lead to.
Another cyclone in the making?
FORECASTERS are keeping a weather eye on a tropical low over the Pacific Islands that could develop into a cyclone.
Heat, drought, fires: What El Niño means
AUSTRALIA’S weather could be about to get hotter and drier. Why? We’re on the cusp of another El Nino. Here’s how it may affect us.
‘I saw this outside my window’
AS A VOLCANO in southern Chile erupted overnight, spewing lava into the sky, one savvy internet user posted about the experience. Here’s what happened.
Proof Australia is getting hotter
THERE’S no point in denying it: Australia is getting hotter, and it’s not going to stop. And we have the figures to prove it.
25 days of horrific heatwave hell
IN one Aussie town, temperatures have nudged 40-plus for 25 days straight. With no end in sight, locals tell how they’re coping.
Monster storm rolls into Sydney
A MASSIVE storm front rolled into Sydney this afternoon, with high winds and heavy rain smashing the city – but at least we got some amazing photos out of it.
‘Don’t put anything heavy there’
SINKHOLES, lead, gas, asbestos, arsenic, pesticides, paint thinner, oil. Your backyard could be a cesspool of dangers and you wouldn’t even know it.
Meet the land-grabber from hell
THIS man deforested an area of the Amazon the size of Manhattan, causing a drought so bad that kids there don’t have enough water to brush their teeth.
The question we just have to ask
CRAZY weather happens in this country. A freak event is usually just that, but after Cyclone Marcia, we have to raise this question.
CCTV captures sinkhole swallowing couple
HERE one minute, gone the next. It’s not every day you get swallowed by a sinkhole, but for one couple it was their shock reality.
‘World’s end’ methane blowholes erupt
A SERIES of methane-fuelled blowholes are exploding in numbers, threatening to send tons of the lethal gas into the atmosphere and fuel global warming.
Professor Dumpster goes home
UNIVERSITY lecturer Jeff Wilson moved into a bin for a year. He has now left his 2x2m living quarters — and says it wasn’t rubbish at all.
See Cyclone Marcia’s devastation from the air
ARMY troops are on their way to Queensland to help with clean-up in the wake of Cyclone Marcia, amid reports three men have been arrested for looting.
Cyclone Marcia crashes wild party
EVEN the wildest 50th birthday party wouldn’t leave a mess like this. But Cyclone Marcia did, and it made for a night none of the guests will ever forget.
Cyclone Marcia marches south
LIVE UPDATES: Cyclone Marcia has damaged homes in Yeppoon and torn iron from buildings in Rockhampton to the south. And it’s not over yet.
Can you nuke a cyclone?
THE fierce winds of a cyclone bring with a heap of myths. Should you tape your windows? Is it wise to hide under a table? And can a nuke stop a cyclone in its tracks?
‘Sickbags are everywhere’
A PASSENGER has revealed what it’s like on board the cruise ship that ended up right in the danger zone of the monster storm that’s battering Queensland.
Dramatic lift rescue as cyclone hits
THIS is not what you want to happen to you when a cyclone hits. As Cyclone Marcia wreaked havoc, two women were caught up in a dramatic event of their own.
How a cyclone gets its name
EACH year Australians prepare for the cyclone season by battening down the hatches. But did you know how cyclones get their names?
Brisbane, Gold Coast warned to expect worst
BRISBANE and the Gold Coast will feel the wrath of Cyclone Marcia later today. Here’s what to expect.
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