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Category 5 Hurricane Maria barrels toward Puerto Rico today
Hurricane Maria’s destructive tear across the Caribbean is well underway, with the storm obliterating parts of Dominica and threatening “catastrophic”…
Maria prompts hurricane watch in Caribbean, Jose may threaten US this week
Tropical Storm Jose has strengthened back into a hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm, which could bring rain…
Cassini, NASA’s 13-year Saturn mission, has ended
Contact has been lost with the Cassini spacecraft after it completed a “death dive” into the upper atmosphere of Saturn…
Irma now a Category 1 Hurricane
6:44pm NZT — Irma is now a Category 1 hurricane. The latest update from the US National Hurricane Center shows the winds…
CNN: Live Storm Tracker + Live News updates and headlines on Irma
Updated 2pm Monday NZT — Irma has veered off track, further east and inland. It means more of Florida is…
Hurricane Irma bludgeons Florida – the latest:
10:15am NZT — Hurricane Irma is now a Category 2 storm, threatening to bring dangerous storm surges along Florida’s west…
Irma weakens very slightly, drops just 10km/h making it a strong Cat 4 storm
Update 9:39pm — As we head into Sunday NZT Hurricane Irma has weakened very slightly, due to interacting with Cuba’s…
#Irma makes landfall in #Cuba, but regains Category 5 power
UPDATED 3:45pm Saturday NZT — Hurricane Irma is skirting north Cuba with the eye making landfall there a short time…
NZ Civil defence issues beach and marine tsunami warning after Mexico earthquake
***UPDATED 11am hour Saturday – ALL NEW ZEALAND WARNINGS/THREATS NOW CANCELLED*** Earlier story….. Civil Defence has changed its stance on…
#Irma: Miami ‘in the worst possible position’
The National Hurricane Center has issued hurricane and storm surge warnings for South Florida. The warning extends from Jupiter Inlet…
