Breaking News photojournalist Geoff Mackley was in Australia covering the start of Cyclone Ita and became stuck by the flooded McLeod River between Lakeland and Mt Molloy. As he waited, more people arrived, all storm chasers. It turned into a pretty entertaining day as they all waited for the water to go down.
Filmed by Breaking News photojournalist Geoff Mackley, maybe the interview of the year as any thing is possible in Australia, from car eating cows, (according to the road signs) to this man hunting Crocodiles in a flooded river. The preferred method of catching them is to "Poke em in the eyes so they can't see, then crank up a barbie"
Power outages, floods hit north Queensland as storm system continues.
Far north Queensland was late last night locked down as one of the most powerful cyclones in the nation's history drove gales, massive storm surges and torrential rain ahead of its expected landfall about midnight.
Cyclone Ita has been upgraded to a category five and is on its way to hit far north coast Queensland's coast. Ita was upgraded late on Thursday afternoon. It is predicted to land north of Cooktown on Friday night, with a strong chance of coinciding with a 7pm high tide. This will create dangerous storm surges, about 1.5 metres bigger than usual high tides
Aucklanders turned out in their thousands today to catch a glimpse of glamour royal couple the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. As the royal couple arrived at the Viaduct Basin, a few heavy showers of rain poured down on the thousands of people lining the dockside. Some were resplendent in Union Jack coloured clothing and others wore Williams and Catherine face masks.
Vodafone first sent 70-year-old Ria on the roller coaster ride for the first time and filmed her reaction. Courtesy Vodafone Firsts/YouTube.
Professor Jonathan Nott talks about Cyclone Ita from his home in Cairns. Cyclone Ita has been upgraded to a category five and is on its way to hit far north coast Queensland's coast. Ita was upgraded late on Thursday afternoon. It is predicted to land north of Cooktown on Friday night, with a strong chance of coinciding with a 7pm high tide. This will create dangerous storm surges, about 1.5 metres bigger than usual high tides
A little girl does a twirl for the Duchess in Blenheim. Courtesy of YouTube/GovernorGeneralNZ
Alexey Shumeyko composed this thrilling video in May 2013. Watch as he seemingly lights a simple match, only for it to take flight and launch itself into the opposing building before blowing up. Fortunately the entire trick was created by Alexey in After Effects and no one was harmed in the slightest. Credit: YouTube/Alexey Shumeyko
Mary McCoy from Continuum sings a humor-laced theme song for this year's Social Media Marketing World called "Let's Get Social". Courtesy of YouTube/Phil Mershon
Thousands displaced and death toll rising as the extent of the damage in Honiara is being revealed. Flash flooding has destroyed large areas of the Solomon Islands capital, whole communities have been washed out to sea.
A construction worker is seen stranded on a ledge on the top floor of a Houston apartment complex and is rescued by firemen as the building goes up in flames behind him. Courtesy: Karen Jones/YouTube
Lawmakers in Ukraine have accepted the resignation of the country's defense minister as thousands of troops withdraw from the Crimean Peninsula, now controlled by Russia.
General Manager of AMSA's Emergency Response Division John Young and Air Commodore John McGarry from Defence give an update on the search for Malaysia Airlines' flight MH370. AMSA took coordination of the search for MH370 in the southern Indian ocean on Monday at the request of the Malaysian government. Courtesy Australian Maritime Safety Authority.
Many children around the world take the bus to school but in a mountainous area in the north of Vietnam, plastic bags have become the means of transport. This video, filmed by a primary school teacher, shows school children and teachers squeezing themselves into plastic bags so that they can be carried across a river. Courtesy WorldClips101/YouTube
Lorde has asked fans to wear "rainbow clothing" to her upcoming show in Kansas after discovering plans by an extremist church to protest outside the concert. The Westboro Baptist Church announced plans to picket Lorde's concert at Midland Theater on March 21 because she "doesn't have enough sense to put in a thimble".
Malaysia says the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines passenger jet now encompassed an area slightly larger than the entire landmass of Australia.
Myanmar has won international praise and the removal of most Western sanctions for wide-ranging reforms since the end of junta rule nearly three years ago. The long-isolated country has freed political prisoners, welcomed opposition parties into parliament and launched economic reforms. But with poverty and communal violence rife, many tough challenges still lie ahead.
A young girl's life gets turned upside-down in this tragic second a day video. Could this ever happen in the UK? This is what war does to children. Courtesy: YouTube/ SaveTheChildrenUK
Oscar Pistorius covered his eyes and ears in a South African court on Thursday as his neighbor, who is also a doctor, recounted the moments after he found Reeva Steenkamp shot in the athlete's home.
Amazing footage of a bird smashing through a planes windscreen flying 1,000 ft above the ground. Courtesy: YouTube/bizitoto *HD*
A woman watching whales off the coast of Baja got closer to them than she expected. Courtesy: YouTube/Jordyn R
This video shows a metre long asteroid slamming into the moons surface which created the brightest explosion ever on the moon. YouTube/JM madiedo
Pussy Riot's video, called "Putin will teach you how to love the motherland" features a song and footage of the band's protests. Courtesy: YouTube/PussyRiotVideo
A women gets chased down by a stampede of adorable rabbits. Courtesy: YouTube/Funny!!
Adorable goats having fun with a sheet of flexible metal. Courtesy: YouTube/Max Murs
French police have arrested a 48-year-old man as part of their investigation into the 2012 murders of a British-Iraqi family and a cyclist in the Alps, the local prosecutor said. The man, from the Haute-Savoie region, was placed in formal custody and was detained following the release in November of an identikit image of a mysterious motorcyclist seen near where the quadruple murder took place.
Man has been convicted of three counts of attempted second-degree murder after an argument over loud music outside of a convenience store. A mistrial was declared Saturday on a first-degree murder charge after the jury couldn't agree on it.
Woman reveals she had a sexual relationship with her half-brother. Video / CNN
Rosie Batty, the mum whose son was killed by his dad in Melbourne talks to the media. Courtesy: Sky News
Schapelle Corby has been released from jail more than nine years after she was arrested for smuggling 4.2 kilograms of cannabis in a boogie board bag into Bali.
France's Transport Minister Frederic Cuvillier says there is probably no risk "of massive pollution" near Bayonne, where a Spanish cargo ship hit a dyke and split in two, raising fears of a fuel leak.