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Large swells likely as Cyclone Atu brushes past
The latest cyclone to grow out of the Pacific is forecast to brush past NZ, creating a risk of high seas on the North Island's east coast.

<i>Weather Watch</i>: Summer weekend
Most people are in for a great summer weekend with high air pressure over the North Island and an advancing front in the South Island.

Tropical cyclone threatens NZ
A developing tropical cyclone could threaten New Zealand next week, a weather prediction website has warned.

Floods, Yasi stamp their mark on 2011
The summer of 2011 was already going to go down in Queensland's history for all the wrong reasons.

Stormchaser looks into cyclone's heart
A stormchaser has told how he tied himself to a tree, strapped on a helmet and went into the core of Cyclone Yasi.

NZ's cooler waters protect us from the worst storms
Only a freakish combination of weather conditions could see a storm with the force of Cyclone Yasi reach New Zealand.

Queensland counts Yasi's huge cost
Cyclone Yasi, despite causing massive damage, did not leave anyone dead or seriously injured.

Cyclone Yasi: Like the thunder of hooves
Personal stories of how Kiwis hunkered down as Cyclone Yasi surged through north Queensland.

Farmer: Yasi like being bombed
The Queensland town of Tully is emerging as one of the worst-hit with estimates that half the homes are damaged.

Cyclone Yasi: Surge threatens cities
Evacuation centres in Cairns and Townsville will remain in lockdown due to a second, dangerous storm surge in the wake of Cyclone Yasi, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says.

Baby born in cyclone evacuation centre
Amid the chaos and devastation of Cyclone Yasi, a yet-to-be named baby girl has been born at a Cairns evacuation centre.

Cyclone Yasi - how the web sees it
Messages from Twitter and Facebook as north Queensland wakes up to the devastation of its worst battering in recent history.

Kiwis caught in Cyclone Yasi with 'nowhere to go'
Former Auckland police officer Sandy Beckett said he would rather take on a crocodile than sit through Cyclone Yasi.

Ex-Tall Black set to ride out Yasi in wardrobe
Former Tall Black Phill Jones converted his master bedroom's walk-in wardrobe into a virtual bunker to protect his family against Cyclone Yasi.