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Traditional physical flood models are computationally intensive and take up to 24 hours to run, limiting their utility in rapidly evolving flood scenarios. An AI model developed by NIWA runs in 1-2 minutes, providing near-instantaneous flood impact forecasts. Using the 2021 Buller River flood as …
NZ Herald
While The Front Page is on its summer break, we are revisiting some of the biggest news stories from 2024. New episodes return on January 13th. A...
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People in Vanuatu applaud its latest show of resilience following a deadly magnitude-7.3 earthquake, but they say it can't respond to its cascading natural disasters alone.
The Conversation
Since Vanuatu’s first earthquake was at a magnitude over 7, we would expect to see more aftershocks to come, at declining strengths and frequency – in a pattern that can last weeks to months.
OurAuckland
Anyone wanting to buy or rent a home is encouraged to look at all available natural hazards information in this time of increasing climate uncertainty.
Hawke's Bay Regional Council
Over 2.5 million cubic metres of silt has been collected from across Hawkeâs Bay as the Silt Recovery Taskforce completes its recovery work.
A unique river portrait and a humorous moment with bubbles are some of the award-winning images taken by NIWA staff this year.
Alaska Volcano Observatory has raised its alert status after an increase in pronounced seismic activity, and a ground deformation was spotted.
OurAuckland
Auckland Council is identifying more homes with a serious risk to life from future flooding and landslides
RNZ
Detective constable Patrick Noiseux was swept underwater while trying to reach seven civilians. When he came up, nobody else could be seen.
www.stuff.co.nz
An interactive high-resolution dataset has been released to the public, showing the active faults running through New Zealand. The data set, made available by GNS Science, shows the locations of faults that have broken or deformed the surface in the last 125,000 years.
GNS Science | Te Pῡ Ao
A new paper published in the New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics describes, for the first time, the high-resolution dataset of the New Zealand…
While torrential rain was lashing the West Coast this April, MetService was mopping up incorrect advice Niwa gave to a civil defence emergency...
www.canterbury.ac.nz
From a boy who blew up models with firecrackers to an international expert on fire engineering, University of Canterbury Emeritus Professor Charley Fleischman has built a career around fire safety.
Grist
The pilot will test parametric insurance, which pays out quickly after agreed-upon “triggers” – such as wind speeds or river heights – reach a certain level.
NZ Herald
Three of Whakatāne’s high-end businesses fear months of flood protection works starting early next year could shut their doors forever. Owners of spa and...
A new tool uses satellite data to monitor New Zealand's coastlines for erosion.
Three suspected self-inflicted deaths in the months following Cyclone Gabrielle have been included in a coroner’s inquiry into 18 fatalities linked to the extreme weather events.
www.massey.ac.nz
Dr Lauren Vinnell has been awarded an inaugural Aotearoa New Zealand Tāwhia te Mana Research Fellowship for her work aimed at enhancing the country’s resilience to future natural hazard events.
NZ Herald
Scientists are investigating what they call a “critical hazard blind spot” for New Zealand: the risk of faraway Pacific eruptions to undersea cables we rely...
the Guardian
US suffered greatest economic losses, report commissioned by International Chamber of Commerce finds, followed by China and India
the Guardian
The regionâs president responds to criticisms that he was slow to act by attacking the prime minister
RNZ
While the quake wasn't real, the scenario was very much so.
The Conversation
Around 38% of these costs can be attributed to climate change – new study.
Hundreds of homeowners are waiting on settlements, but the Minister responsible for the Natural Hazards commission says "at some point, the music's got to stop".
Natural hazard risk is a reality of living in New Zealand. Use this checklist to make sure you understand the risk profile of a property, before you buy.
www.stuff.co.nz
Humanitarian crises are intensifying due to conflict and climate change. The United Nations, through OCHA, leads efforts to bring the world together to tackle humanitarian emergencies and save the lives of people caught in crises.
World Meteorological Organization
WMO’s State of the Global Climate report confirmed that 2024 was likely the first calendar year to be more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial era, with a global mean near-surface temperature of 1.55 ± 0.13 °C above the 1850-1900 average. This is the warmest year in the 175-year observational record.WMO’s flagship report showed that:
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GeoNet 19 February 2025
NPR
These photos chronicle the catastrophic scale of destruction from wildfires in California that started on Jan. 7.
NZ Herald
While The Front Page is on its summer break, we are revisiting some of the biggest news stories from 2024. New episodes return on January 13th. A...
More than 200,000 people were killed in the natural disaster.
The active fault datasets displayed on this website are prepared by the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS Science).
www.civildefence.govt.nz
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is the Government lead for emergency management. We help build a safe and resilient Aotearoa New Zealand by empowering communities before, during and after emergencies.
There are 161 potentially active volcanoes in the United States. According to a 2018 USGS assessment, 57 volcanoes are a high threat or very high threat to public safety.
Collected articles from New Zealand and around the world on natural hazards, emergencies and preparedness Keep Reading
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