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UPDATE: Death toll rises after Afghan quake
The powerful earthquake that struck northeastern Afghanistan Monday also rattled people in Pakistan, India and Tajikistan, killing dozens, collapsing structures…
USA – More torrential rain breaks records in Texas (+VIDEO)
The math is simple, but the potential weather consequences are daunting. Up to 20 inches (51cm) of rain have fallen…
Mexico counts the cost of Patricia – PLUS How you can help
Patricia, the strongest hurricane ever recorded at sea, approached Mexico’s Pacific coast with such ferocity that one official predicted it…
Week in Weather – What’s been making headlines this week
Most of the action this week has been across the Tasman – while we’ve been seeing some nourishing spring rains…
Hurricane Patricia: Latest Maps (6) + report from hurricane hunter flight through eyewall
WeatherWatch.co.nz closely monitors many Pacific Ocean storms. Today we are monitoring something historic – a storm that rapidly grew overnight…
Strongest hurricane on record bears down on Mexico – full details
Patricia, the strongest hurricane ever recorded, barrels closer to Mexico’s Pacific coast, where residents have been told to brace for…
Australia: Severe storm hits Brisbane; thousands without power (+VIDEO)
A severe storm has passed through Brisbane, leaving thousands of properties without power and bringing trees down ahead of the…
Australia: Lightning strikes; power cuts in Sydney as severe storm hits NSW
Emergency crews have been kept busy restoring power to homes and businesses after a severe storm swept across Sydney and…
Australia: Hail storms destroy South East crops – ‘heart breaking’ for farmers
Tens of thousands of hectares of crops in the South East coastal district of Western Australia have been wiped out…
Papua New Guinea: Fears over deadly drought increase – El Niño blamed
Children at an orphanage in Papua New Guinea’s drought-hit highlands may die from lack of food and water, its director…
