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The Latest Breaking News from MetService

Two dead, more casualties feared in NZ landslips

At least two people have died after record rainfall and flooding caused landslips on New Zealand's North Island.

AAP

Man swept away at river crossing as severe flooding forces evacuations in New Zealand

Police say a man was missing after he and his vehicle were washed away during a river crossing near the town of Warkworth

The Independent UK

Flights cancelled as powerful storm prompts rare red warning in New Zealand

Storm rips roofs from houses and leaves nearly 90,000 homes without power

The Independent UK

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Man killed by falling tree branch, pedestrian blown into traffic as storm lashes parts of New Zealand

A man was struck and killed by a tree branch in Wellington as dangerous winds and heavy rain buffeted parts of the country

The Independent UK

New Zealand city declares state of emergency as streets and homes flood

Forecasters are warning of a ‘threat to life’ from falling trees and flying debris

The Independent UK

Christchurch hit by floods, wild winds in Wellington

New Zealand's MetService has issued its first red weather warning in six months, urging Wellingtonians to stay home to avoid destructive winds.

AAP

Big wet warnings for New Zealand's South Island

A southern city could cop a month's worth of rain across 36 hours, concerning New Zealand authorities and prompting forecasters to issue a rare warning.

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The Week in Detail: Bank fraud, broken roads, and kākāpō

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

Newsroom.co.nz

The feud between our two big weather forecasters

Metservice and Niwa are both government agencies. Why are they competing with one another?

Newsroom.co.nz

New Zealand: child missing in cave as country hit by heavy rain and flooding

Search and rescue teams looking for school student after group got into difficulty in caving system ‘prone to flash flooding’

The Guardian - AU

Storms damage more than 100 homes in New Zealand

Residents in three New Zealand regions say they were battered by small tornadoes over Easter.

AAP

Tarras airport looms large on greenies’ radar

The proposed Christchurch City Council-backed international facility comes in for sustained opposition.

Newsroom.co.nz

Fishing for data: commercial fishers help monitor rising temperatures in coastal seas

The world’s oceans are buffering us from the worst climate impacts by taking up more than 90% of the excess heat generated by greenhouse gas emissions. This has warmed them by 0.88℃ (on average globally), according to the latest climate report released this week.

The Conversation

New Zealand: eight still missing after Gabrielle, as authorities eye two more potential cyclones

Police continue search as forecaster says two tropical cyclones may form this week, though risk of direct impact on New Zealand is ‘relatively low’

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Reuters

New Zealand police search for 8 people still missing after Cyclone Gabrielle

New Zealand police were searching for eight people still missing after Cyclone Gabrielle struck two weeks ago, authorities said on Sunday, amid warnings of more wild weather for the nation's North Island.

The Guardian - AU

Cyclone Gabrielle: fresh storm warnings for New Zealand’s worst-hit regions as death toll rises to five

‘Grave concerns’ for people seen swept away by flood waters as Bay of Plenty, Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay brace for severe thunderstorms

ABC News

Earthquake hits New Zealand as death toll rises to five in wake of Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle

New Zealand is dealing with the devastating impacts of ex-tropical cyclone Gabrielle, the country's "most destructive weather event in decades", and now an earthquake has added to the emergency facing residents in different parts of the country.

ABC News

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle prompts 18,000 emergency calls in New Zealand in space of 24 hours

As Gabrielle continues to track south-east leaving damage in its wake, New Zealand authorities say the wild weather is likely to peak today bringing more settled conditions on Wednesday as the storm pushes out to sea.

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Daily Mirror

Thousands without power and flights cancelled as Cyclone Gabrielle hammers New Zealand

Cyclone Gabrielle plunged around 46,000 homes into darkness and forced some areas to declare a state of emergency just two weeks after a record-breaking storm killed four people in New Zealand

The Independent UK

Cyclone Gabrielle shuts New Zealand’s cities as residents hunker down: ‘Worst is yet to come’

Cyclone strikes as Auckland emerged from devastating record rains

The New Daily

New Zealand braces for days of ‘wild weather’

New Zealand is considering a national emergency as wild weather threatens the North Island, thousands are without power and people evacuate.

Wales Online

New Zealand declares 7 day state of emergency alert as Cyclone Gabriel approaches days after flash floods and landslides

Forecasters warns that severe storms could unleash gusts of nearly 100mph accompanied by 16 inches of rainfall

The Guardian - AU

Cyclone Gabrielle: evacuations urged as ‘potentially devastating’ storm lashes New Zealand

Thousands without power in North Island, red weather warnings issued for rain and wind, schools closed and flights cancelled in Auckland

Newsroom.co.nz

Cyclone Gabrielle: National state of emergency declared

The PM has given an update just hours after the Government moved to take over direction of the response to Cyclone Gabrielle in NZ's third-ever state of national emergency.

The Guardian - UK

Stuart Broad: ‘Being dropped by England arguably saved my career’

Seamer was furious at being left out for Caribbean tour but is loving playing cricket under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum

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