Natural Disasters

Planning is underway to help communities at the head of Lake Whakatipu, including Glenorchy, adapt to flooding, earthquakes and liquefaction.

A series of explosive eruptions have led to a ruling that almost 10,000 residents will no longer be allowed to live on the Indonesian island which is home to the active volcano, a minister said on…

The country's emergency response is besieged by inquiries, despite years of reviews and efforts to make laws that deliver.

An inquiry into the response to last year's catastrophic storms shows the government must move quickly to save lives and prevent further devastation, those affected say. Audio

"When you're confronted with your house of, say, 30 years being deconstructed ... you're back there living it all over again."

Heavy rain has continued to batter Gulf states, causing deadly flash floods and disrupting flights at the world's second-busiest airport.

It comes as the government announces owners will now have four extra years to fix their buildings. Audio

Taiwan has been rocked by hundreds of aftershocks following a 7.2 magnitude earthquake which hit the east of the island on Wednesday.

A twice-flooded northern Hawke's Bay primary school is continuing to take lessons at a Mormon church. Audio

Greymouth mayor Tania Gibson says there were no reports of damage after the magnitude 5.1 quake, but it came as a shock.

The region has more than 200 outdoor tsunami sirens in coastal communities.

A New Zealander living in New York says the magnitude 4.8 quake that rocked the north-east US reminded her of home.

Rescuers in Taiwan faced the threat of further landslides and rockfalls in their search on Friday for a dozen people still missing from this week's earthquake, as the death toll rose to 12 and some of…

Four people caught in the 7.4 magnitude quake recall the moment it struck and how they survived. Video

Taiwan's biggest earthquake in at least 25 years killed nine people and injured more than 900, while 50 workers travelling in minibuses to a hotel in a national park are missing.

The quake, which hit duing rush hour in Taiwan, set off a tsunami warning for southern Japan and the Philippines that was later lifted. Video