As the death toll rose and waters began to recede, Romney's campaign did try to "walk back" his old FEMA comments, writes Tracey Barnett. "Good luck with that."

Falling trees, floods and electrocution from downed power lines all play a part in deaths of scores of people in the devastating US storm.

There has been much talk of an "October surprise", writes Anne Penketh. "But nobody would have predicted that it would come from Mother Nature."

The normally bustling New York resembles a ghost town as hundreds of thousands of people flee from Hurricane Sandy, according to expat Kiwis living there.

Mark Quigley asks: Do scientists have a right to be wrong? Does state-of-the-art science really enable us to speak confidentially about "low-probability" events?

Engineers will today pack explosives into huge boulders that have closed Milford Rd in Fiordland, as residents face their fifth day cut off.

An independent weatherman has hit out at the MetService, claiming it was too slow to issue a severe weather warning for Auckland at the weekend.

Is the IMF over-stating any potential economic growth for New Zealand. One leading economist thinks so.

The World T20 faces the threat of increased Duckworth-Lewis Method intervention with early monsoon rains lashing Sri Lanka.

A Kiwi scientist has helped discover a monster volcano under Hong Kong - one of just 50 'supervolcanoes' worldwide on the scale found under the city.

A top engineer behind Christchurch's post-earthquake building assessments has explained the much-criticised inspection system..