Sharknado: Australia warns of snakes, crocs and sharks in floods
- 31-Mar-2017
SYDNEY: Wading through flooded areas can be dangerous anywhere in the world, but in Australia the waters may contain snakes, crocodiles and sharks as well as rubbish and sewage. One of the striking images showing the impact of category four Cyclone Debbie which smashed through northeast Australia this week was a paramedic’s photo of a […]
Australia teen ‘punches croc’ in miracle escape
- 19-Mar-2017
SYDNEY: An Australian teenager is lucky to be alive, paramedics said Sunday, after he reportedly escaped the jaws of a crocodile by punching it in the head during a late night swim in a river. The 18-year-old, named in local media as Lee de Paauw, suffered extensive injuries to his left arm after he was attacked in […]
Crocodile bites off woman’s arm in Australia
- 14-Jan-2016
PERTH: A crocodile has bitten off a woman's arm in a "death roll" at a creek in a small northwestern Australian town, sparking a hunt to trap and kill the animal on Thursday.