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Earthquake: Keep cellphone calls short, or use SMS
Vodafone is advising customers in Christchurch to keep cellphone calls sort, or preferably use SMS messages.
New Zealand's biggest earthquakes
The magnitude 7.1 earthquake which struck Christchurch about 4.30am today rates among the top dozen to hit New Zealand.
Christchurch earthquake: I'm lucky to be alive
Christchurch residents are recounting terrifying ordeals during this morning's 7.1 magnitude earthquake.
NZ to spend $3.5m on Pacific tsunami system
The Govt will spend $3.5m to upgrade tsunami warning systems across the Pacific, Murray McCully announced today.
Hurricane Earl
Thousands of residents and visitors have been ordered to evacuate an island on the North Carolina coast, as Hurricane Earl swings towards mainland USA.
Rescue boats pass many more than they collect
The rescue of thousands of flood victims in Pakistan can be a precarious business.
The unluckiest city in America
In New Orleans the healing has barely begun for some since Hurricane Katrina five years ago and, more recently, the great Gulf spill.
Storm that found a nation wanting
Five years on, Rupert Cornwell looks back on the hurricane and floods that shamed America
Authorities battle to save city from floodwaters
Authorities in Pakistan were battling yesterday to save a city in a flood-devastated southern province.
Train plunges into water after floods
Several carriages of a passenger train fell into water after floods knocked out a bridge in China.
Double jolts made tsunami fierce
The tsunami that struck Tonga and Samoa last year was the result of a rare geological event.
Early warning for global disasters
The world's leading climate scientists are gathering in the United States this week.