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Some parts of the country are at risk of flooding

Australia and New Zealand have both faced a series of devastating floods triggered by climate change and the return of the La Niña weather pattern. So it makes sense that Australia has now sent disaster crews to help with the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle.

Residents are basking in the big wet after a monsoon trough has brought heavy rainfall to north-west Queensland. Several communities will be cut off for weeks after the strongest start to the wet season in a decade.

Two extreme and deadly weather events within the first two months of 2023 have brought the consequences of climate change into sharp focus. Auckland’s January 27 flood is the most expensive weather event in New Zealand insurance history. Cyclone Gabrielle prompted a national state of emergency, only the third time…

Abuse of flood traffic workers in Hawkes Bay reached the point where two staff had a pistol and sawn off shotgun pointed towards them.

Bonnie Sumner visits the bustling sanctuary for flood-hit Hawkes Bay animals and finds a nationwide effort to save and care for them

In February 2022, the first of two catastrophic floods wiped out communities in the NSW northern rivers. A year on, the crisis is nowhere near over

Local residents met with the Department for Infrastructure to discuss the replanting of trees and hedgerows

The 11-week-old baby was discovered after his mum misjudged the depth of the flood water and drove into it near the town of Pax, West Virginia, following a string of thunderstorms

Authorities in West Virginia say the body of an infant has been found in a submerged car after floodwaters swept through the state

Authorities in West Virginia say the body of an infant has been found in a submerged car after floodwaters swept through the state