A woman is feared dead after being seized by a crocodile during a late-night swim at a beach in northern Australia as her friend struggled to save her, police said on Monday.

A woman in the US state of Florida was rushed to a hospital after being bitten by a shark - with the whole animal still clutching on to her right arm, local media reported.

A college picnic to the beach turned into a tragedy yesterday when at least 14 students drowned off Maharashtra’s coast after they went swimming, police and officials said.