Weather

Communities across the Marlborough and Buller districts continue to recover, a year on from severe flooding in the region.

Weather warnings are in place for most of the South Island - with strong wind and heavy rain forecast for the coming days.

Canterbury residents are being warned to prepare for significant rainfall from this afternoon until Tuesday.

Travel agents are working with resorts to help tourists in several Pacific Islands after huge ocean swells caused flooding and damaged hotels.

The UK has declared a national emergency after a red extreme heat warning was issued for the first time, as temperatures could hit 40C.

It is becoming more likely there could be flooding in the north and drought in the south of Aotearoa this summer, a climate scientist says.

The full impact of huge sea swells across American Samoa and the Cook Islands is only starting to come to light.

Hundreds more people have been evacuated from their homes as wildfires continue to rage out of control in southwestern France, authorities say.

MetService has put in place severe weather warnings for many places in the North Island from Northland down to Gisborne.

Damage and disruption as a result of Tuesday's wild weather left some Canterbury residents with a strong sense of deja vu.

There is disbelief people tried to cross a swollen river near Dunedin, where one person has lost their life.

The storm that swept across much of New Zealand has eased, but parts of Otago still face severe weather - and there's more to come later in the week. Audio

A front of wild weather hit the country on Tuesday, causing power outages, closing some roads and preventing some from flushing their toilet.