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Europeans have been urged to prepare a 72-hour emergency kit. Do Australians need to?
With climate, cyber and geopolitical emergencies on the rise, an EU commission has called for citizens to be ready for anything.
- Bronte Gossling
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‘We need you’: NSW’s plea to rely on Defence in natural disasters
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred stalked the coast for days, but while the flooding risk for Lismore was downgraded, NSW is not out of the woods yet.
- Matt Wade and Chris Barrett
Cyclone Alfred: All your emergency contacts in one place
SES contacts, weather warning updates, evacuation centres near you – here are the details you may need in an emergency this weekend.
- Jacqueline Lunn
- Updated
- Weather
Severe weather warning as Sydney temperature soars
The heatwave is bringing oppressive temperatures, extreme UV levels, the risk of power outages and a severe storm.
- Jessica McSweeney
- Updated
- Weather
Damaging winds uproot trees, down power lines across Sydney
Two women were taken to St Vincent’s Hospital after a large fig tree fell on them in Hyde Park.
- Penry Buckley
- Exclusive
- Weather
Tim and his family were watching TV. Then the deadly storm ripped off their roof
A Sydney man has recounted the terrifying moment the roof blew off his home as destructive weather lashed the city on Wednesday evening.
- Sally Rawsthorne, Amber Schultz and Tom Housden
The stunning moment hikers found Hadi on a hillside
For 13 days, searchers combed the dense alpine forest of the Kosciuszko National Park looking for missing hiker Hadi Nazari. As hope began to fade, a speck appeared in the distance.
- Marta Pascual Juanola, Angus Delaney and Cassandra Morgan
Flood warnings, more storms as a month’s worth of rain falls on Sydney
Emergency services are urging Sydneysiders to avoid unnecessary travel after a person was rescued from floodwaters overnight and forecasters warn there’s more rain to come.
- Angus Thomson
Cars damaged when storm dislodged Harbour Bridge road plate
A dramatic storm that swept over Sydney on Sunday night is being blamed for dislodging a road plate that damaged 25 cars at the entrance to the Harbour Bridge.
- Jessica McSweeney
Woman killed by tree branch as high winds batter Sydney
The woman, in her 60s, was struck by the falling branch in Liverpool just before 1pm.
- Ben Cubby
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