As oceans and land warm to near-record temperatures and the United Nations declares an El Nino event has begun,scientists have warned the world is heading into uncharted territory.
NSW Ambulance commander Luke Wiseman said the Hunter Valley bus crash was unlike anything he had seen,as patients were triaged from the most critical to the walking wounded.
The extent of the damage to buildings adjacent to the Surry Hills fire is revealed as police consider whether charges will be laid.
Police have confirmed an accelerant was used in last month’s building fire,but are yet to determine what charges – if any – would be laid against four boys.
Homeless advocate Cat Delaney said the building was known to regularly house rough sleepers,and she would not be surprised if a body was found later.
A 60-tonne long-reach excavator has arrived in Sydney’s CBD to demolish the building destroyed by an inferno last week.
Police say they hold fears for two people missing near the huge blaze in a Surry Hills building last week.
Fire and Rescue NSW is working on orders to demolish the burnt-out warehouse walls,which could come down as soon as Monday.
The boy handed himself into police on Saturday morning as it emerged that the building’s owners failed to file annual fire safety paperwork with the council this year.
Two 13-year-old schoolchildren are assisting police with their inquiries after a massive fire tore through two heritage-listed buildings in Surry Hills on Thursday.
Fire and Rescue NSW have provided aerial footage of the collapsed building near Central Station,Sydney.