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School storm protection is spotty in US tornado zones
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
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…

Storm chaser joins rescue
Storm chaser joins rescue

Neill Ellis says seeing the twister's destruction was terrible, and the noise was "very, very scary"…

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Weather Special: Tornadoes explained video Weather Special: Tornadoes explained

Weather analyst Philip Duncan explains the cause of…

Weather: Tornadoes & thunder video Weather: Tornadoes & thunder

A low in the Tasman Sea is producing more unstable…

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We are by your side, says Obama
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"…

NZ zapped by lightning strikes
NZ zapped by lightning strikes

More than 1000 lightning strikes have been recorded across NZ today, and more are expected, as a band of thunderstorms moves…

 Oklahoma: Images of devastation, reunion
video 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…

Lightning strike: Herald reader video
video 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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video Lightning strikes Auckland
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 the 27 kilometre…

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'
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…

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'

A powerful tornado has swept through a Midwestern US state leaving up to 91 people dead.

video Oklahoma: Huge tornado kills dozens

Dozens of people are dead after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City on Monday. Rescue crews are searching…

video Raw video: Waterspouts over Auckland

Two waterspouts have been spotted in Manukau Harbour, after a severe thunderstorm outlook was issued by MetService. This…

video Time-lapse of killer tornado
Time-lapse of killer tornado

Watch this time-lapse video of the Oklahoma tornado filmed from a news helicopter. courtesy of local…

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