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Tasman flood recovery to cost $50m and take up to two years

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More than six months after record floods devastated the Tasman District, the recovery effort is expected to cost around $50 million and take up...

Powerful quake jolts Taiwan

Daily Telegraph NZ -
A powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit waters off Taiwan’s northeastern coast late Saturday night, according to the island’s Central Weather Administration. The quake struck at...

Residents evacuated as fast-moving vegetation fire destroys buildings near Hastings

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Residents living around the Farmhouse Lodge on the outskirts of Fernhill are being evacuated due to a vegetation fire. Fire and Emergency New Zealand has...

Japan funds solar power systems to strengthen Tonga’s disaster warning network

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Japan and Tonga have signed a new agreement aimed at boosting the Pacific nation’s disaster resilience through the installation of solar-powered infrastructure to support...

7.6 quake strikes northern Japan

Daily Telegraph NZ -
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck off the coast of Japan’s north-eastern Aomori region at 23:15 local time, prompting widespread evacuations and initial tsunami warnings. Warnings...

Indonesia flood death toll surpasses 900

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Deadly flooding across Indonesia has claimed more than 900 lives, with hundreds still missing and entire communities wiped out after a rare cyclone unleashed...

Ancient volcano may have triggered the Black Death by creating a medieval “perfect storm”

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A major volcanic eruption around 1345 may have set off the chain of events that unleashed the Black Death across Europe, according to new...

Sri Lanka declares emergency as Cyclone Ditwah death toll climbs to 330 (Video)

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Sri Lanka has entered a state of emergency after Cyclone Ditwah unleashed catastrophic flooding and landslides that have killed at least 330 people and...

Monsoon chaos leaves hundreds dead and millions displaced across Southeast Asia

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Southeast Asia is reeling from one of its most devastating bouts of extreme weather in decades, as intensified monsoon rains and rare tropical storms...

Firefighters continue to battle Tongariro blaze

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Fire and Emergency NZ (FENZ) crews are continuing to battle a major wildfire in Tongariro National Park that has now burned through more than...

Whakapapa Village evacuated as Tongariro fire grows to 1,800 hectares

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Residents of Whakapapa Village are being evacuated this evening as a precautionary measure as the wildfire burning in Tongariro National Park continues to expand,...

Firefighters battle to contain expanding Tongariro fire

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Fresh crews of firefighters from Taranaki and Manawatu-Wanganui are being briefed before beginning work on the second day of operations at the wildfire burning...

Massive Tongariro blaze forces hiker evacuations and highway closures

Daily Telegraph NZ -
A massive wildfire has engulfed about 400 hectares of Tongariro National Park, forcing the evacuation of 43 hikers and a hut warden and prompting...

Rescue efforts ramp up as death toll from Hurricane Melissa rises across the Caribbean

Daily Telegraph NZ -
At least 19 people have died in Jamaica and 30 in Haiti after Hurricane Melissa, one of the most powerful storms to strike the...

Hurricane Melissa devastates Jamaica before moving toward Cuba and the Bahamas

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful storm to strike Jamaica in modern history, has left the island in ruins after making landfall as a Category...

Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Atlantic, has made landfall in southwestern Jamaica as a Category 5 system,...

Kaikōura fires – police update

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Police are assisting Fire and Emergency New Zealand in relation to multiple large fires in Kaikōura. A number of cordons are in place, with multiple...

7.4 quake hits Philippines

Daily Telegraph NZ -
A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck the southern Philippines’ Mindanao region at a depth of 62km, prompting a tsunami alert for coastal areas within...

Powerful earthquake kills over 60 in Philippines (Video)

Daily Telegraph NZ -
A 6.9-magnitude quake struck Cebu province late Tuesday and was followed by strong aftershocks. A powerful earthquake struck the central Philippines late Tuesday, killing at...

Typhoon Bualoi kills 11 in Vietnam, dozens missing after widespread destruction

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Typhoon Bualoi has killed at least 11 people in central and northern Vietnam, leaving dozens missing or injured and damaging hundreds of homes. The storm,...

Massive sinkhole tears open Bangkok street

Daily Telegraph NZ -
A road caved in near hospital and police station in the Thai capital. A section of road collapsed in the Thai capital of Bangkok on...

Thousands report shaking after magnitude 4.8 quake near Marlborough Sounds; smaller tremor near Te Anau

Daily Telegraph NZ -
More than 7000 people reported feeling a moderate earthquake that struck in the Marlborough Sounds late on Saturday night. The magnitude 4.8 quake hit at...

Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Erupts with 100-foot lava fountains (Video)

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Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has erupted for the 31st time in less than a year, sending spectacular fountains of lava 100 feet into the air...

No tsunami threat to NZ after powerful Drake Passage quake

Daily Telegraph NZ -
A strong earthquake struck the Drake Passage between South America and Antarctica on Friday afternoon NZ time. While the United States Geological Survey initially recorded...

Hundreds killed in India and Pakistan after flash floods

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Heavy rainfall triggered landslides that devastated regions along the border between the two South Asian neighbours. Heavy rainfall and flash flooding devastated parts of India...

Natural disaster leaves village erased, and people missing

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Over 1,100 evacuated but locals fear more than 100 still buried under debris as climate disaster strikes India’s Himalayan state of Uttarakhand. For Urmila Parashpe,...

Earthquake shakes New York City

Daily Telegraph NZ -
The jolt rocked New Jersey, with tremors felt in parts of NYC. An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.0 struck northern New Jersey late...

Civil Defence probes glitch after multiple tsunami alerts wake Kiwis overnight

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Civil Defence is investigating a technical glitch that caused some New Zealanders to receive multiple emergency tsunami alerts overnight, disturbing sleep and causing distress. The...

Tsunami advisory in place for all New Zealand coasts following Russian quake

Daily Telegraph NZ -
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has issued a tsunami advisory following the magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. All coastal areas of the...

Aftermath of massive Russian quake unfolds with tsunami surges and volcanic eruption

Daily Telegraph NZ -
A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering widespread tsunami warnings across the Pacific, including in Japan, Hawaii, Chile, New Zealand...

Tsunami hits Russia’s Kuril Islands (Video)

Daily Telegraph NZ -
An earthquake off the Kamchatka Peninsula triggered a tsunami in Russia’s Far East. A tsunami wave struck the northern Kuril Islands early Wednesday following a...

Powerful earthquake in Russia’s Far East sparks tsunami alerts (Video)

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Hazardous waves are possible on the coasts of Russia, Alaska, and Japan, the USGS says. A tsunami warning has been issued for the coastal areas...

Death toll rises as torrential rains batter South Korea

Daily Telegraph NZ -
At least 14 people have died and 12 remain missing after five days of intense rainfall across South Korea, with the latest fatalities including...

A call to action to support food producers affected by the Nelson-Tasman flooding

Thomas Shepherd -
Jamie Hovenden watched helplessly as floodwaters swept through his Motueka Valley farm, carrying away fencing, stock feed and even his wife, who clung to...

Flash flood wreaks havoc in Ngātīmoti as forestry slash buries rural settlement

Daily Telegraph NZ -
A flash flood triggered by record rainfall has caused severe damage in the rural Motueka Valley settlement of Ngātīmoti, marking the second major flood...

Lingering moisture from 2022 Tonga eruption continues to disrupt global climate

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Scientists are continuing to track the lasting climatic impact of the January 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcanic eruption, which blasted an unprecedented volume of...

Texas rescue pilot sounds alarm over bureaucratic failures and “unnatural” flood concerns

Daily Telegraph NZ -
A veteran rescue pilot has delivered a searing account of the devastation left by the Texas flash floods over the Fourth of July weekend—accusing...

Texas flash floods death toll reaches 24, many missing

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Flash floods triggered by torrential rains along the Guadalupe River in Texas have killed at least 24 people and left over 20 others, including...

Texas river flood kills 13, leaves 20 children missing after camp swept away

Daily Telegraph NZ -
A catastrophic flash flood in Texas on Friday caused the Guadalupe River to surge nearly 30 feet in just 45 minutes, killing at least...

Indonesia’s Mt. Lewotobi erupts spewing 11km ash cloud

Daily Telegraph NZ -
Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted on Tuesday, blasting a massive ash cloud over 11 kilometres into the sky and prompting the country's highest-level volcanic...
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