Damaging gusts and severe downpours are gathering steam, with Cyclone Vaianu set to hit. Watches and warnings cover the upper half of the country, and a scattering of regions between Northland and ...

Tropical cyclone warnings are in place for the Solomon Islands and Milne Bay Province in Papua New Guinea due to Severe Tropical Cyclone Maila. A separate cyclone, Vaianu, is near Fiji. Vaianu is not ...

One red and 22 orange rain and wind alerts have been issued across the North Island, with Coromandel Peninsula and Great Barrier Island in for the most severe gales. MetService says Cyclone Vaianu ...

Thousands are on alert as a dangerous tropical cyclone barrels towards Australia - with impacts possible in a matter of days.

Hastings Mayor Wendy Schollum has told people living on the coast in the district to think seriously about evacuating their homes ahead of Cyclone Vaianu. Hawke’s Bay is bracing for its first cyclone ...

Multiple South Pacific island nations are bracing themselves against twin cyclone threats as travel warnings are issued, with ...

Health authorities are on high alert for deadly bacterial infections as ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle continues to flood large parts of northern Australia.

Audit Commission says timetable on review of rainstorm warning system should also be set up, amid rise in extreme weather ...