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Powerful and shallow 7.6 quake hits New Caledonia – NO TSUNAMI THREAT FOR NZ
UPDATED 5:51pm — A magnitude 7.6 quake, just 10kms deep (according to the USGS) has hit near Noumea, New Caledonia…
Cyclone Owen forms – poses no current threat to NZ but remains ‘one to watch’
Cyclone Owen has formed in the Coral Sea and will linger there for several days as a lower end Tropical…
Another warm year globally, on course to be 4th warmest on record
This year is on course to become the fourth warmest year on record based on global mean surface temperatures, according…
The flight on every aviation fan’s bucket list
HNL — MAJ — KWA — KSA — PNI – TKK — GUM. That’s Honolulu — Majuro — Kwajalein —…
7.0 Alaska quake damages roads, buildings; Anchorage airport open, flights cancelled
CNN — A magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck near Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday morning [Saturday morning NZT) crumbled roads and…
USA: Searches intensify with more than 600 reported missing in California’s Camp Fire
As the death toll from Northern California’s Camp Fire rose to 63 and those reported missing spiked to more than…
USA: Snowstorm slams Eastern US, killing 8 and knocking out power
A strong wintry storm still was dumping snow Friday in far northern New England after creating traffic havoc that claimed…
Scientists: Global ocean warming study has errors
By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN — Scientists behind a study that found the world’s oceans were warming faster than previously believed have said…
At least 9 dead in wildfire that destroyed Paradise, California – Pop. 26,000
As the wildfire raged nearby, Whitney Vaughan and her husband had just enough time to grab a laundry basket of…
Video: NZ’s weather forecast until Sunday + Melbourne Cup & US Midterm elections
A few things to focus on today and we’ll start over in Aussie with the Melbourne Cup this afternoon and…
