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Jack Tame: Nature's ferocity leaves an indelible footprint
Flood risk for Auckland
Auckland faces a high risk of coastal flooding tonight as a king tide combines with a sub tropical low…
Weather experts predict polar blast
Winter looks set to arrive on schedule as weather experts predict a southerly polar blast to ice the…
School storm protection is spotty in US tornado zones
With its single-story design and cinder-block walls, Plaza Towers Elementary School may have seemed sturdy when it was built…
Tornado damage could top US$2b
The tornado that tore through an Oklahoma City suburb destroyed or damaged as many as 13,000 homes and may have caused US$2…
Storm chaser joins rescue
Neill Ellis says seeing the twister's destruction was terrible, and the noise was "very, very scary".
We are by your side, says Obama
President Barack Obama vowed that the United States would stand behind Oklahoma as it struggled to fill the "empty spaces"…
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NZ zapped by lightning strikes
More than 1000 lightning strikes have been recorded across NZ today, and more are expected, as a band…
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Oklahoma: Images of devastation, reunion
Residents of the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore sift through the remnants of their homes and parents embrace children outside…
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Lightning strike: Herald reader video
Herald reader Lynne Mckay sent us this clip of the lightning striking yesterday, if you film the upcoming storm... please…
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Lightning strikes Auckland
Lightning strikes are caught on camera as thunderstorms forecast for the city.
Oklahoma search almost complete
Many houses have "just been taken away. They're just sticks and bricks," Gov. Mary Fallin said, describing…
Heavy thunderstorms to deliver soaking
Heavy thunderstorms are expected to bring heavy rain to much of the country until the weekend.
Twister like bomb blast, says Kiwi
Aucklander Cam Rhodes has described a darkening sky, running from golf ball-sized hail and the sound of a "bomb exploding"…
Monster tornado: 'I can't breathe. My house is on top of me'
Soon after a monstrous, deadly tornado slammed into the community of Moore, Tiffany Thronesberry's phone rang. Her mother…
Feet get a breather when AC turned off
Can socks, or rather an absence of them, save Pakistan this summer? In the latest directive from the country's caretaker…
Tornado a 'major disaster'
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A powerful tornado has swept through a Midwestern US state leaving up to 91 people dead.
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Four arrests after armed robbery, pursuit
Four people have been arrested after an armed robbery at a South Auckland pub last night. Police were called to the Whitehouse…
Environment
Treated sewage could cover city land
Treated sewage waste could be dumped on land 20m from property boundaries under the draft Auckland Council Unitary Plan.
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