A woman rescued a badly burnt and wailing koala from an Australian bushfire. The marsupial was spotted crossing a road among the flames near Long Flat in New South Wales. The local... Read more »
At least 20 people have been killed after a motorway bridge collapsed in torrential rain in the northern Italian port city of Genoa. An 80-metre section of the bridge, including one set of the supports that... Read more »
The Guardian has obtained footage from the firefight in northern Iraq between US elite forces and the Islamic State in which a Navy Seal was killed on Tuesday. Subscribe to Guardian Wires... Read more »
Japan has been engulfed by heavy rain and strong winds as what is feared to be the worst storm for six decades batters the country and approaches Tokyo. Rivers swelled, boats flipped... Read more »
At least 58 people have been confirmed dead and hundreds remain missing after Friday’s dam collapse and mudslide in Minas Gerais state. The search was paused because of concerns that another dam... Read more »
A video aired on Brazilian media shows the exact moment a dam burst in Brazil on 25 January. The dam break at an iron ore mining complex operated by the minerals firm... Read more »
Winds of more than 220mph (355km/h) have struck the northern Bahamas in the biggest storm to hit the Caribbean island chain in modern times. The ‘catastrophic’ category 5 hurricane forced the US... Read more »
Indigenous people in Brazil have vowed to protect their land as large swathes of the Amazon forest continue to burn. The largest rainforest in the world absorbs billions of tonnes of CO2... Read more »
The storm has stalled over the Bahamas, lashing the islands with wind, rain and storm surges, and killing at least five people. Thousands of homes were inundated with floodwater as rescue operations... Read more »
Yachts lie capsized in harbours after hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas on Sunday. It intensified into a dangerous category 5 storm as it approached and pounded the island chain with torrential rain,... Read more »