Latest Breaking News On - Zealand metservice - Page 7 : vimarsana.com

Wet and wild – the story of New Zealand's extreme weather

From wind strong enough to toss two train carriages, to seven-storey waves ripping buoys out of the Southern Ocean, New Zealand's weather is wildly changeable. And it's only going to get wilder.

RNZ Pacific's CYCLONE WATCH service now in operation

Double dip La Nina forecast for Pacific summer

In brief: News from around the Pacific

Komunidad, a Philippines-based environmental intelligence platform, lands seed round – TechCrunch

The Philippines is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world, with geography that makes it vulnerable to typhoons, floods, volcanos, earthquakes and droughts. While working in IT, Felix Ayque began compiling cyclone reports and sending them as email alerts to communities. His work evolved into environmental intelligence platform Komunidad, which collects data from […]

Environmental News For The Week Ending 20June 2019

Environmental News For The Week Ending 05June 2019

Environmental News For The Week Ending 05June 2019 This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at GEI (but can be posted at other times). Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately: The number of new cases of Covid continues to decline briskly in most countries around the globe, despite the prevalence of more infectious strains in most regions. Deaths attributed to the virus are also falling, albeit not quite as rapidly.

The Fiji Times » Hundreds evacuated in New Zealand's Canterbury region floods

VIDEO: Hundreds evacuated in New Zealand's Canterbury region floods

At least 300 homes in Canterbury were evacuated overnight as water levels rose in rivers across the region in a "one-in-100-year deluge", local media reports said on Monday.

Hundreds evacuated in New Zealand's Canterbury region floods

Hundreds evacuated in New Zealand’s Canterbury region floods By Syndicated Content By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Hundreds of people were evacuated overnight and many more face the risk of abandoning their homes in New Zealand’s Canterbury region as heavy rains raised water levels and caused widespread flooding. At least 300 homes in Canterbury were evacuated overnight as water levels rose in rivers across the region in a “one-in-100-year deluge”, local media reports said on Monday. Several highways, schools and offices were closed and New Zealand’s Defence Forces deployed helicopters to rescue some people stranded in floods in the Ashburton area.