State Emergency Service

Woman v wild: flood victim's night in the bush

Marissa Calligeros She spent the night perched on a tree stump in thick bushland as torrential rain pounded down on the small umbrella she had for shelter.

Mother left distraught as 'cheeky boy' found in dam

Daniel John Mcnamara who died in a car crash in 2012 and son Michael Peter Anthony Mcnamara who drowned in a Dam in Brisbane february 2013. Photo: Facebook

Ellen Lutton A Brisbane mother whose ''cheeky, beautiful and adventurous'' toddler was lost in a dam at the weekend had been picking up the pieces of her life after her husband died less than a year ago.

Brisbane Live At Work: Tuesday, January 15, 2013

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Brisbane Live At Work: Monday, January 15, 2013

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Goodbye Daniel: remembering a boy taken too soon

Daniel Morcombe

Marissa Calligeros and Amy Remeikis Daniel Morcombe has been farewelled with a guard of honour formed by students of his former school..

Second severe storm hits southeast Queensland

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Danielle Cronin and Freya Petersen Southeast Queenslanders are assessing the damage after the region was hit by severe thunderstorms for the second time on Saturday.

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Large hail the feature of storms in southeast

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Katherine Feeney and Freya Petersen The worst of the weekend storm activity looks to be over for the Brisbane region after the city's inner-west copped a battering, with hail bigger than golf-balls pelting Kenmore and surrounds.

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Baden-Clay faces court charged with wife's murder

Pixellated Baden-Clay

Marissa Calligeros The lawyer for accused murderer Gerard Baden-Clay says his client "maintains his innocence" after consenting to have a DNA sample taken by police.

Dangerous weather extends into second day

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brisbanetimes.com.au's live rolling coverage of Wednesday's weather and related problems has now ended.

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Heavy rain pummels southeast Queensland

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Staff reporters brisbanetimes.com.au's live rolling coverage of today's weather and related problems has now ended. Earlier reports below.

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SES volunteer killed in 'freak accident'

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Kara Paradies Just a year after the floods devastated Theodore, the community has been struck by tragedy again, losing SES volunteer Matthew Stevens in a freak accident on Friday night.

State's south cops another storm lashing

Marissa Calligeros The immediate threat of severe thunderstorms over Brisbane has passed, but the weather bureau has warned more storms brewing in the west could hit the city overnight.

Police confirm remains were Daniel Morcombe's

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Marissa Calligeros Three bones found in swampy Sunshine Coast bushland one week ago are those of schoolboy Daniel Morcombe, DNA analysis has confirmed.

Bad weather halts search for Daniel's remains

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Bridie Jabour and Daniel Hurst Police believe the shoes found during the search for Daniel Morcombe are the same brand as those worn by the Sunshine Coast school boy when he disappeared in 2003.

Second shoe found at Morcombe search site

Daniel Morcombe

A second shoe has been found at the site where police are searching for the remains of Daniel Morcombe.

Morcombe accused revealed

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Staff reporters A court order banning identifying the man charged with the murder of Daniel Morcombe has been lifted.

Boys find woman's body in river

State Emergency Services search for clues after a womens body was found in a River at Logan Lea.

Ellen Lutton, Petrina Berry TWO teenage boys found the body of a woman floating in the Logan River yesterday.

Helicopter used in search for Stefanie

Stefanie Schenk

Marissa Calligeros A helicopter, officers on horseback and 30 State Emergency Service volunteers have been used in a police search for a missing Brisbane woman.

Hose keeps man alive to tell story

Garden hose.

Marissa Calligeros Ben Cook will forever be indebted to quick-thinking workmates and a piece of garden hose.

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Innisfail deserted as torrential rain hits

The shops are closed, the streets are deserted and rain has started hammering down in Innisfail, as Cyclone Yasi, the worst in almost a century, inches closer.