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Signs of winter for southeastern Australia
Unfortunately for the summer lovers there is now a very low chance of any extreme heat for the southeast states…
Tasmania goes tropical
Tasmania’s east and north coasts have been inundated with the heaviest rain in up to 49 years. Northeast Tasmania has…
Deadly weather hits Australia
Australia is again being hit by severe weather with a man being killed yesterday following a flash flood reports the…
Long lasting stormy weather to return to Sth Australia
South Australia is in for widespread rain in the next few days, possibly leading to flooding in the north, and…
BLOG: What a gut-wrenching start to 2011
I have a very unscientific way of calculating the number of natural disasters in the world at any given time…
Severe storms plough through central NSW
Severe storms have been battering central New South Wales this afternoon, bringing frequent lightning and drenching downpours. These storms are…
Downunder disasters cost insurer $4.3b
Munich Re, the European-based Australasian reinsurance market leader, says recent Australian and New Zealand disasters will cost it about $4.3…
Weather Video: The Japanese tsunami explained
Philip Duncan teams up with NZHerald.co.nz to explain how Japan’s devastating tsunami rippled out across the Pacific – plus he…
Animation – Japanese Tsunami spreading across Pacific Ocean
WeatherWatch.co.nz has uploaded this incredible animation from NOAA’s Center for Tsunami Research. The Honshu tsunami was generated by a Mw…
Tropical low to further intensify Queensland rain
A tropical low developing in the Coral Sea is expected to bring heavy rainfall to northeast Queensland early next week,…
