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USA – Hawaiian lava inches closer to homes (+VIDEO)
With a mixture of resignation and dread, residents here are watching this gray and orange advance, this 2,000-degree river of…
Australia: Wild weather causes havoc across Tasmania
A historic Hobart hotel has had part of its roof torn off by high winds as the city is buffeted…
Space: China launches moon mission (+VIDEO)
Up, up and away. Way away — to the moon, in fact. China launched an experimental spacecraft early Friday that…
International Sport – Winter Olympics skating on thin ice?
The International Olympic Committee is set to hold urgent talks over the future of the Winter Olympics following the Sochi…
Australia: Severe hail storm causes havoc in wine country
Vineyards in the south of Western Australia could see yield losses of up to 30 per cent after they were…
Week in Weather: What’s Been Making Headlines this Week
Drew Chappell takes a look at the top 8 stories at WeatherWatch.co.nz this week — We’ve had another busy week…
Kiwi helps crack ‘space wind’ mystery
A team of leading scientists, including a Kiwi, have gazed beyond our planet to solve a mystery phenomenon tampering with…
El Niño ‘unlikely’ this year – Australian climate experts
Weather models are now showing an El Nino is unlikely to develop this year. Of the models surveyed by the…
USA – A ‘train of storms’ heading towards the Northwest
A so-called ‘train of storms’ is currently lining up over the northern Pacific ocean, and is expected to hit the…
Australia: Adelaide on target to break 100 year October record
Heat is spreading across South Australia as thunderstorms also make their way east. A deep low pressure trough has sat…
