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Cyclone Lusi may make landfall over Auckland (+6 maps)
UPDATED 5:39pm Tuesday — Tropical Cyclone Lusi has been upgraded to a Category 2 cyclone this afternoon near Vanuatu with…
Australia: More towns added to QLD drought zone
Australia’s Noosa Shire Council is among 14 new areas to be drought declared, while The Sunshine Coast and Gympie council…
China: Drones used to fight smog
China declared a “war on pollution” this week, and is now fortifying its arsenal with a new weapon: smog-clearing drones….
Tropical storm may directly hit NZ (+3 maps)
Updated 8:10am Monday — A potentially damaging tropical storm is on the horizon for New Zealand as various computer models…
Australia: Queensland drought zone ‘the largest ever’
It’s official – this drought is Queensland’s most widespread on record, with almost 80 per cent of the state now…
Week in Weather – What’s been making headlines this week?
What a crazy week around the country! While some sizzled in the late Summer dry, others were wading through their…
Malaysian Boeing 777 disappears with 239 people on board
Malaysia Airlines confirms two New Zealanders onboard missing 777. A passenger flight carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing…
USA: Niagra falls freeze over…again!
The bitterly cold weather that currently has much of the East Coast of America in its icy grip has demonstrated…
USA: California – From drought to mudslides overnight
Severe rain and thunderstorms pounded the Los Angeles suburbs again this week, causing more mudslides in Glendora and other towns….
NASA and Japan launch rain-tracker satellite
A Japanese rocket roared into orbit early Friday (Thursday afternoon ET) carrying what NASA calls its most precise instrument yet…
