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![Samoans ignore health warnings about floods](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Samoans ignore health warnings about floods
Flooding is continuing in the Samoan capital today, after heavy rainfall from the threat of Cyclone Wilma in the past week.
![Special help for flood-stricken Kiwis](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Special help for flood-stricken Kiwis
NZers denied funding after being caught up in the devastating Queensland floods are to be granted a special Govt payout. Many Kiwis had complained of being ineligible for an Australian govt disaster payout due to a 2001 law change.
![Reprieve brief as more bad weather looms](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Reprieve brief as more bad weather looms
Another weekend bout of wind and rain is being forecasted as the North Island recovers from 72 hours of storms.
![Clean-up from storm begins](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Clean-up from storm begins
All Auckland roads have been re-opened and power is being restored as the recovery from 72 hours of storms that battered the North Island begins.
![Wild weather wreaks havoc](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Wild weather wreaks havoc
Warnings of more gale force winds and heavy rain have been issued as a deep low moves east across the North Island this morning.
![Nature's brutal king hit](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Nature's brutal king hit
Wild weather was last night lashing the upper North Island as heavy rain and high tides combined to keep authorities and residents on high alert for more coastal flooding.
![NZ pair upset at flood cash 'racism'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
NZ pair upset at flood cash 'racism'
A Kiwi couple caught up in the Queensland floods say they are disgusted at being denied Govt assistance because they are from NZ.
![Queensland teen survives raging torrent](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Queensland teen survives raging torrent
Queensland police say a teenager photographed as she was swept to what appeared to be certain death in Toowoomba has survived.
![Toowoomba mother, son to be buried together](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Toowoomba mother, son to be buried together
About 150 mourners gathered to farewell Donna and Jordan Rice - the teen who sacrificed himself to save his brother.
![Floods: now the blame game begins](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Floods: now the blame game begins
As floodwaters continue to isolate large areas of Queensland and Victoria, the ground is being laid for recriminations and blame.
![Heavy rain triggers flooding on West Coast](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Heavy rain triggers flooding on West Coast
The West Coast's Fox River burst its banks today, forcing some residents and bach owners to evacuate, some of them carrying off possessions they wanted to save.
![No truth to flood volunteer's claim - police](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
No truth to flood volunteer's claim - police
Police say there is no truth to an "overwhelmed" volunteer's claims that he found two bodies in a house at Goodna.
![Navy ship begins clearing flood debris](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Navy ship begins clearing flood debris
An Australian navy minehunter has started looking for dangerous debris washed down the Brisbane River.