Lines charges could more than double Vector boss says as he delivers a bleak prediction.

Tornado sweeps through Waikato farms, leaving a wake of destruction.

Few businesses in NZ's biggest city fully prepared for natural disasters, new study finds.

Portugal's weather service issued a red alert for 13 of its 18 mainland districts.

Authorities say there is little doubt the death toll from the storm will rise.

After brush with disaster, it appears to be business as usual for travellers in the state.

Forecasters are predicting a typical but "late-blooming" tropical cyclone season.

Typhoon Mangkhut is said to be the strongest storm so far this year.

Mangkhut has hit with destructive winds, Florence has wreaked havoc with rain.

Ohope community rallies to help those who suffered property damage from tornado

Fourteen fans were taken to hospitals are severe weather cause a structure to collapse.

A lightning strike in Tokoroa broke windows, levelled trees and set a gas line alight.

Study finds clear trends among $300m of weather-related claims paid out by EQC since 2000.

More than 1000 claims have been made to EQC this year after storms and ex-cyclones.

A further slip along State Highway 25 has forced the closure of the road until tomorrow.

Police say a truck was completely submerged in floodwaters after crashing in the Waikato.

A new poll shows Kiwis want climate action, but doubt the world will avoid worst impacts.

Some of New Zealand's deadliest recorded storms struck in the winter of 1863.

Management of 111 calls to be reviewed after pressure on system during April storm.

While skiers now can feast on pre-winter photos, 100 years ago the sport barely existed.

Potentially destructive thunderstorms loom over the Marlborough and Auckland regions.

Snowfall has trapped one car on the Crown Range Rd already.

An Auckland family is facing a cold winter under a tarpaulin roof after April's storm.

Heavy rain and thunderstorms are set to batter much of the central and upper North Island.

Tami recalls 41 days of horror after hurricane rips through yacht and kills her fiance.

For the first time since July, balmy temperatures fell to "near average" in April. Why?

Dad, daughter who survived appalling conditions for 2 days recount their horror on board.

Ageing power poles and lines on private property are increasingly dangerous.

Unusual sea conditions likely caused scores of little blue penguins to starve to death.

It's bad enough subsidising Aucklanders' sorry arses, now we've got to feel sorry for them