Mass evacuations are under way across flooded Queensland with disasters declared in the inland towns of Theodore, Dalby and Chinchilla.

The EU criticised airport operators yesterday for failing to deal adequately with the heavy snow and freezing weather.

Winter in Belgium's Ardennes will forever be linked with Nazi Germany's last great offensive of World War II.

I was having a discussion with someone the other day who predicts the weather in more of an alternative way than I do and was claiming that winter is still well and truly with us.

Super Typhoon Megi has killed 10 people in the Philippines, creating a wasteland of fallen trees in the north and sending thousands scrambling to safety in near-zero visibility.

Heavy rain has left Gisborne virtually cut off, with surface flooding closing roads and forcing the evacuation of homes.

Storms have dumped tonnes of water on to Queensland in the last three days.

A driver was trapped today after heavy winds blew a large tree branch on to his truck.

Another wintry blast is on its way and expected to hit NZ tomorrow.

The rain has eased in Nelson and Marlborough but bad weather looms over the lower North Island.

Waikato is preparing for floods as heavy rain threatens to push already-swollen rivers past their limits.

Stadium Southland organisers have adopted the slogan "Game on 2012" after having a multi-million dollar insurance claim for their collapsed roof accepted today.