Archives for May 2010
West Coasters cleaning up after damaging winds
A blast of gales which hit the West Coast in the early hours this morning caused power outages throughout the…
Oil spill hopefully plugged up by end of week
The “top hat” oil containment device has reached the sea floor in the Gulf of Mexico and should be in…
Thunderstorm risk across the country today
There’s a risk of thunderstorms across New Zealand as the low that yesterday brought rough weather to Auckland reaches the…
Rough weather across the country this evening
Gale force winds in Auckland’s exposed northern and eastern suburbs could cause commuter delays this evening. Gusts in the suburbs…
Wednesday’s national highs…
Today’s highest temperature was 23 at Wanganui. Today’s lowest maximum temperature was 9 at Dunedin Airport. Kaitaia : 21 Whangarei…
Flood worries in Nelson
Nelson is bracing itself for possible storm-like conditions similar to that of July 2008 when trees fell and the water…
VIDEO: Family home sucked into massive sinkhole, feared dead
A Canadian couple and two young children are missing after their home collapsed into a massive sinkhole near Montreal. See…
Stormy but where’s the rain?
Gale force easterlies are affecting Cape Reinga, the Hauraki Gulf and some exposed eastern areas of Auckland this morning as…
Earth ‘too hot for humans’ within 300 years
Planet Earth will be too hot for humans to inhabit in just 300 years, a group of scientists are saying….
Impassioned plea: Enough is enough, say climate scientists
From NZHerald.co.nz A group of climate change scientists who are convinced mankind is slowly destroying the Earth have written an…
