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Cyclones threaten Queensland

More than 500 stuck in Coromandel due to slips

Queensland flood levy tests mettle of party

Motorsport: Outrunning the rising tide

Raw sewage overflows in Coromandel

Wilma departs leaving big clean up

Former tropical cyclone Wilma is now well clear of the North Island, heading quickly out into the Pacific Ocean but leaving a big clean up operation for the island and high winds forecast for the rest of NZ.

Welfare shelters set up in Northland

Temporary welfare shelters have been set up in Northland to house about 70 people, after tropical cyclone Wilma battered the upper North Island overnight. People from Kaeo through to Kawakawa have evacuated from their homes due to rising

Boat used to rescue pair from trees

Australia: Victorian towns in flood path still at risk

A large body of water gradually moving towards the northwest Victorian city of Swan Hill has threatened small communities in its path.

<i>Jim Salinger:</i> Lessons for all in Oz's flood readiness

Quake, floods feature in grocer's downgrade

Reprieve brief as more bad weather looms

Another weekend bout of wind and rain is being forecasted as the North Island recovers from 72 hours of storms.

Clean-up from storm begins

All Auckland roads have been re-opened and power is being restored as the recovery from 72 hours of storms that battered the North Island begins.

Wild weather wreaks havoc

Warnings of more gale force winds and heavy rain have been issued as a deep low moves east across the North Island this morning.

Nature's brutal king hit

Wild weather was last night lashing the upper North Island as heavy rain and high tides combined to keep authorities and residents on high alert for more coastal flooding.

<i>Chris de Freitas</i>: Flood prediction fraught with uncertainty