Tag: Extreme weather
Buildings ‘pancaked’ in Vanuatu as 7.3 magnitude quake strikes off capital...
By Stefan Armbruster and Harry Pearl of BenarNews
A strong 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Vanuatu today, US geologists said, severely damaging...
Heavy rain causes school closures, over 200 in evacuation centres in...
RNZ Pacific
The Fiji Meteorological Service has a heavy rain warning still in place for the whole of the country after a weekend of flooding,...
Creating ‘sponge cities’ to cope with more rainfall needn’t cost billions...
ANALYSIS: By Timothy Welch, University of Auckland
Tune into news from about any part of the planet, and there will likely be a headline about...
IPCC report: world must cut emissions and urgently adapt to climate realities
ANALYSIS: By Bronwyn Hayward, University of Canterbury
This decade is the critical moment for making deep, rapid cuts to emissions, and acting to protect people...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Tornado hits Waihi Beach amid more wild weather in...
RNZ News
A tornado has torn through New Zealand's Bay of Plenty settlement of Waihi Beach ripping roofs off houses and cutting power to nearly...
NZ Defence Force starts supplying stricken Wairoa with food, water
RNZ News
A NZ Defence Force operation was beginning tonight to supply Wairoa in New Zealand's North Island with food and water after being cut...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Wairoa cut off amid NZ devastation, woman dies after...
RNZ News
The extent of devastation caused by Cyclone Gabrielle in Aotearoa New Zealand is still unfolding with vast areas of the North Island flooded,...
NZ declares national emergency as Cyclone Gabrielle unleashes fury across...
RNZ News
A national state of emergency has been declared today after Cyclone Gabrielle unleashed fury across the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand.
There has...
Cyclone Gabrielle lashes NZ’s North Island – Whāngarei basin residents told...
RNZ news
A state of emergency has been declared in Northland, Auckland, Thames-Coromandel and this morning Ōpōtiki and Tairāwhiti as Cyclone Gabrielle starts to wreak...
Cyclone Gabrielle: The science behind its massive power
RNZ News
It has been a soggy few weeks for Aotearoa New Zealand's upper North Island, with late January's Auckland downpour and now, Cyclone Gabrielle.
States...
Northland declares state of emergency as Cyclone Gabrielle hits NZ
RNZ News
Northland has declared a state of emergency and the Auckland Harbour Bridge has been closed as steady rain and strong winds from Cyclone...
Auckland’s Great Flood: ‘If you think it was bad before, it’s...
By Ashleigh McCaull, RNZ Te Ao Māori news
A fortnight after the floods in Tāmaki Makaurau and as Aotearoa New Zealand braces for Cyclone Gabriel...
‘Take care of each other’, says PM Hipkins after assessing Auckland...
RNZ News
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has acknowledged the way Aucklanders have come together and opened their homes to those in need, with the New...