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Japan: Typhoon heading towards Tokyo (+VIDEO)
The latest and strongest in a string of powerful storms to hit Japan — Vongfong — slammed into Kyushu, the…
UPDATE: ‘Super Typhoon’ leaves chaos in its wake
A powerful typhoon poured heavy rains over Japan’s southern island of Okinawa and was aiming at the next island of…
JAPAN: Super Typhoon Vongfong pelts Okinawa with rain & waves (+VIDEO)
Typhoon Vongfong weakened Saturday but still tossed intense rain and waves at the Japanese island of Okinawa, including the major…
Less chance of ‘Severe El Niño’ forming – but event still likely
Global forecasting for a severe El Nino weather pattern has been downgraded, due to a large wave of cool water…
Week in Weather: What’s Been Making Headlines this Week
What a topsy-turvy week it’s been; both on our shores and abroad! We’ve had typhoons, drought, power outages and blood…
JAPAN: Another ‘super typhoon’ on its way (+VIDEO)
A super typhoon on course to hit Japan over the weekend is as powerful as the deadly storm that ripped…
Iconic Wgtn sculpture hit by lightning dismantled
Wellington’s Zephyrometer sculpture has been dismantled before being sent to Christchurch for repairs after it was hit by lightning in…
Japan: Typhoon bearing down on the mainland (+VIDEO)
A strong typhoon is bearing down on Japan and has Tokyo in its sights. Typhoon Phanfone was churning north Sunday…
Tropic Thunder: WeatherWatch’s October outlook
It’s the start of a new month, and as such we take a moment to assess how we did prediction…
POLL RESULTS: Even split on spring storms
Well this is unusual – after hundreds of votes in our latest poll, “Spring storms: love them or hate them?”,…
