Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #disastersandhazards, aggregated by home.social.
Hurricane Isaias kills at least four, leaves thousands without power in US
By Rex Siu
Four people are dead and about 800,000 in south-eastern US states are without power after Hurricane Isaias made landfall, weakening to a post-tropical cyclone.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-11/hurricane-isaias-kills-four/107252334
#DisastersandHazards #AccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #Storms #Floods #RexSiu
Shock wake-up for residents as WWII shell detonated on beach
By Josh Dye
A dog walker and his friend chanced across the ordnance while going for a midnight stroll on Wurtulla Beach.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-04/wwii-shell-detonated-on-sunshine-coast-beach/107226936
Warning from EV owner caught with low charge in bushfire
By Elloise Farrow-Smith
The owner of an EV chauffeur service learned a valuable lesson when he found himself in a bushfire zone with a dwindling battery.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-27/ev-owners-warned-plan-ahead-for-bushfire-season/107176578
#DisasterPreparedness #DisastersandHazards #Bushfires #ElloiseFarrowSmith
What makes Australia one of the safest countries in a doomsday scenario?
By Michael Black
From nuclear winter to asteroid strikes, Australia could be one of the safest places on Earth if, or rather when, a global catastrophe strikes. But researchers warn no country would escape unscathed.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-12/australia-safest-place-global-catastrophe/107130350
#DisasterPreparedness #DisastersandHazards #ClimateChange #DisasterandEmergencyResponse #RegionalCommunities #MichaelBlack
Why so many Australians missing in Nepal-Tibet disaster are pilgrims
By Will Jackson
Most of the dozens of Australians missing after the flash flood that struck the Himalayas on the border of Nepal and Tibet were pilgrims to a spiritually important mountain known as Kailash.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-29/why-so-many-missing-in-nepal-and-tibet-are-pilgrims/107086580
#DisastersandHazards #Religion #Floods #Hinduism #Buddhism #WillJackson
Earthquake survivors 'still on alert' after dozens killed in Indonesia
By Erwin Renaldi and Tim Swanston
Rescue teams are combing the rubble of buildings for survivors after the magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck eastern Indonesia.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-16/search-for-survivors-after-indonesia-earthquake/107042186
#Earthquakes #DisastersAccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #DisasterandEmergencyResponse #Tsunamis #DisastersandHazards #ErwinRenaldi #TimSwanston
Queensland mayors take disaster funding fight to Melbourne
By Meghan Dansie
Mayors from parts of Queensland hit hard by floods and cyclones have protested in a Melbourne park against planned changes to federal disaster funding.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-22/qld-mayors-protest-disaster-funding/106945790
#LocalGovernment #FederalGovernment #DisasterandEmergencyResponse #DisastersandHazards #MeghanDansie
'One minute it was daylight, next it was black' — large outback dust storms rolls in
By Bill Ormonde
After more than a month without a single drop of rain, residents living in outback NSW saw a wall of red earth roll in. The large dust storm was well over 100 metres high and several kilometres wide.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-01/outback-nsw-hit-by-massive-red-duststorm/106292772
#WeatherPhenomena #ExtremeWeatherEvents #Storms #DisastersandHazards #RuralandRemoteCommunities #Droughts #BillOrmonde
Beijing warns against using Hong Kong blaze to 'disrupt' city
Thousands of people pay tribute to the victims of Hong Kong's deadliest fire in more than 75 years, as Beijing warns it will crack down on any "anti-China" protest in the wake of the blaze.
#DisastersandHazards #DisastersAccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #Fires
Couple who ditched contents insurance after shock bill lose house in fire
By Callum Marshall
Stuart and Vikki Guy say they had recently cancelled contents insurance after their home and contents bill went from $1,800 to $6,000.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-14/bushfire-insurance-affordability-home-contents/104803026
#Insurance #HouseFires #DisastersandHazards #CostofLiving #CallumMarshall
I have no words.
This just makes my soul hurt.
I live between Los Angeles and Palisades, and my job is just below the Eaton fire.
I may not have a job soon. Fingers still crossed.
But at the very least I won't be working for a while if anyone in LA needs help or work done.
#losangeles #wilderfires #fires #disasters #disastersandhazards #rants #WTFUSA #work #jobs
The fires are burning about four miles north of my apartment now just above Hollywood Blvd.
I know it probably won't happen, but I am really hoping I don't lose my apartment months after getting it. Would have to burn all the way into Korea Town for that.
My job may burn down too.
Wouldn't know what to do if I lost everything again after just getting it back months ago from being homeless.
Man. What a life.
#losangeles #disasters #rants #disastersandhazards #fires #wildfires
Great now everyone is panic buying everything in LA so I would get your needed stuff now before it disappears and you don't have anything.
Stay safe, half the damn city is on fire.
#losangeles #disasters #disastersandhazards #rants #randomthoughts
Yea those aren't clouds near downtown LA. That is smoke, and you can stare straight at the orange sun just fine, and it looks like sunset at 9:15 in the morning when usually it is bright and sunny.
Kind of reminds me of all those videos from the Australian fires, and the picture doesn't do justice to how apocalyptic it looks outside at the moment with ash just falling out of the sky.
#losangeles #disasters #fire #pictures #rants #disastersandhazards
Relatives of long-dead crew come forward after discovery of 120-year-old shipwreck
By Penny Burfitt, Melinda James, and Kelly Fuller
The descendants of Alexander Lusher, captain of the SS Nemesis, say seeing the place where his ship was wrecked off the NSW coast has "brought to life … a story that has been in our family forever".
#History #MonumentandHeritageSite #DisastersandHazards #HumanInterest #PennyBurfitt #MelindaJames # #KellyFuller
White Island survivors and families awarded nearly $10m as case concludes
By Emily Clark
Several of the guilty parties in the long-running prosecution over the Whakaari White Island disaster have been sentenced in Auckland.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-01/whakaari-white-island-sentences-handed-down-in-nz/103520628
#DisastersandHazards #CourtsandTrials #WorkplaceAccidentsandIncidents #EmilyClark
Greens push for ban on new developments in Brisbane flood zones in council election promise
By Jack McKay
In the lead-up to next month's Brisbane City Council election, the Greens have announced they would ban new developments in certain flood zones in the city – but the idea has been criticised by the LNP and Labor.
#LocalElections #AustralianGreens #LocalGovernment #Floods #DisastersandHazards #JackMcKay
Gippsland community faces six more days without power, phones after killer storm no-one expected
By Fiona Broom, Warwick Long, Angus Verley, and Emma Field
A Mirboo North public meeting hears of a long wait for electricity to be restored after powerful winds felled gum forests, tore through steel sheds, and killed a man.
#Storms #Thunderstorms #DisastersandHazards #DisasterReconstruction #DairyProduction #FionaBroom #WarwickLong #AngusVerley # #EmmaField
Storm that no-one expected leaves death and devastation behind as community faces days without power, phones
By Fiona Broom, Warwick Long, Angus Verley, and Emma Field
Powerful winds felled gum forests, tore through steel sheds, and crippled power and telecoms infrastructure, leaving weeks of repairs in their wake.
#Storms #Thunderstorms #DisastersandHazards #DisasterReconstruction #DairyProduction #FionaBroom #WarwickLong #AngusVerley # #EmmaField
'I'm not OK': Off-duty pilot who tried to cut engines mid-flight told police he experimented with mushrooms
A US commercial airline pilot who tried to cut engines mid-flight while he was riding in an extra cockpit seat told police he had recently taken psychedelic mushrooms as his mental health worsened, documents say.
#MentalHealth #Health #AirandSpaceAccidentsandIncidents #DisastersandHazards #Depression