Tag: 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...
Four women feature in Tahiti’s new Tavini Huira’atira government
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's newly-elected President Moetai Brotherson has presented a 10-member government, which includes four women.
Brotherson has confirmed his pre-election choice of Eliane Tevahitua...
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...
NZ floods: Heavy rain hits Waikato, Waitomo and derails train
RNZ News
The belt of torrential rain which has brought flooding and slips across northern New Zealand is currently mainly centred over the Waikato and...
‘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...
Three dead, at least one missing, and airport closes in Auckland...
RNZ News
Three people are dead and at least one person is missing following the flooding overnight in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city.
About 1000 people...
Auckland mayor declares emergency as wild weather lashes NZ’s north
RNZ News
Mayor Wayne Brown has shut down criticism that he was too slow in declaring a state of emergency after severe flooding in Auckland,...
Local Democracy Reporting: Secret plans, health chaos, climate change among NZ’s...
By Conan Young , Local Democracy Reporting editor
This year was another huge one for Local Democracy Reporting, with our reporters at the forefront of...
Fiji’s weather bureau predicts up to seven cyclones this season
RNZ Pacific
Fiji's weather office predicts that up to seven tropical cyclones may affect several Pacific countries in the coming cyclone season -- and up...
Two die in heavy floods in West Papuan city Sorong
RNZ News
Floods have struck the West Papuan city of Sorong following heavy rains early this week.
There are reports of 1.5 metre-high flooding and landslides...
Ardern, Robertson talk Kiwibank, Sharma and NZ flooding
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Minister of Finance Grant Robertson used today's post-cabinet briefing to discuss the shifting ownership of the...
Hundreds evacuated in NZ’s South Island floods – state of emergency
RNZ News
Hundreds of people in Nelson in Aotearoa New Zealand's South Island spent the night out of their homes and a state of emergency...
Cyber attack on NZ sea level website blamed on anti-climate critics...
By John Lewis of the Otago Daily Times
Aotearoa New Zealand's new NZ SeaRise website, designed to show how the country's coastline will be affected...
After Australia’s floods, the distressing but necessary case for managed retreat
ANALYSIS: By Antonia Settle, The University of Melbourne
From Brisbane to Sydney, many thousands of Australians have been reliving a devastating experience they hoped --...
Fiji’s AG blames Tongan tsunami warning delay on ‘agency liaison’
By Luke Nacei in Suva
Fiji's Department of Mineral Resources needs time to liaise with a number of agencies before emergency warnings or alerts are...
Sea level rise study in Marshall Islands paints a grim picture
RNZ Pacific
A new study shows rising sea levels in the Marshall Islands will endanger 40 percent of buildings in the capital Majuro, with 96...
Narrow window to halt climate change catastrophe, says Pacific Forum...
RNZ Pacific
The world is on the brink of a climate catastrophe, with just a narrow window for action to reverse global processes predicted to...
Infrawatch blames Philippine dam operators for Cagayan, Isabela floods
By Lian Buan in Manila
The widespread flooding in Cagayan that gripped the Philippines this weekend is partly being blamed on the massive release of...
Death toll from Papuan floods, mudslides rises to 89
Homes and bridges destroyed in Papua province by landslides triggered by torrential rainfall - the death toll is now 89. Video: Euronews
Pacific Media Centre...
Typhoon Usman and nightmarish Christmas holiday times in Bicol
Flooding of ricefields and villager homes beside the causeway between Vinzons and Labo in Camarines Norte, Bicol region, during Typhoon Usman on 29 December...
Climate change, disasters feature in joint Indonesia-NZ media journal
By Rahul Bhattarai
A local Indonesian community leader has praised the co-publication of a climate change and disasters edition of Pacific Journalism Review launched at...
Danish rescue diver praises Thai ‘cool’ kids in Mission Impossible
A Danish diver involved in the mission to successfully save 12 boys and their football coach from flooded Tham Luang cave in Thailand has...