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Clean up begins after flooding
The heavy rain that caused slips and surface flooding in the lower North Island is expected to stop this afternoon but many roads in the area are still closed.
The heavy rain that caused slips and surface flooding in the lower North Island is expected to stop this afternoon but many roads in the area are still closed.
Slips and surface flooding are causing havoc for motorists in the lower North Island as heavy rain and gale force winds sweep the region.
A severe heavy rain and gale weather warning is in place for much of the country as widespread flooding affects farmers.
After 48 hours - and what seems like countless aftershocks - the mood of the people of Canterbury is changing.
Five years on, Rupert Cornwell looks back on the hurricane and floods that shamed America
Niwa is hoping its new $12.7m computer will yield more accurate rainfall predictions.
Britain's TV weatherman was caught on camera delivering a one-fingered salute to the BBC news anchor.
As rising floodwaters threatened to wash away his home of four years all Peter Brake could do was wait, watch and hope for the best.
Bay of Plenty flood levels are dropping, but 15 people have been evacuated from their Whakatane homes.
The eastern Bay of Plenty town of Opotiki remains isolated this morning.
Swollen Bay of Plenty rivers could burst their banks tonight as the rain-battered region braces for more surface flooding.
Central Punjab, Pakistan's fertile agricultural belt, is now besieged by unprecedented floods.
Bay of Plenty Civil Defence officials are on flood alert, urging people to be prepared for heavy rain during the weekend.
Icy weather and strong gales continued to batter several parts of the country yesterday, with heavy snowfall in a number of regions.