A tourism business co-owner had lived in the area since 1998 and likened the damage to a warzone, saying she had never experienced such relentless rain.
PBS News
The search for more than 100 people still missing from the catastrophic July 4 flash floods in Texas began its second week Saturday. Officials have rejected suggestions that the calamity could have been anticipated, but an analysis by NPR and PBS Frontline suggests otherwise. John Yang speaks with Laura Sullivan, an NPR investigative correspondent, to learn more.
ABC News
President Donald Trump was in Texas on Friday to see firsthand the devastation from flash floods that killed at least 121 people, including dozens of children.
ABC News
FEMA maps underestimated risk in catastrophic Texas flood, according to data analysis.
The Press
Six months of rain has fallen in less than two weeks in the Nelson-Tasman region. See pictures of the damage.
NZ Herald
Floods, slips and damage have made roads in the Nelson-Tasman area unsafe and people have been asked to stay off the roads unless travel is "absolutely necessary". Video / Tim Cuff
There are three Great Pyramids at Giza in Egypt - but imagine if there were 307 of the mighty edifices. And then imagine that they had dissolved into over two billion tons of sand and dust particles.
Financial institutions face growing nature-related risks. A few are beginning to acknowledge these risks — and shift toward nature-positive investments.
CNN
The search for missing bodies is ongoing along Texasâ Guadalupe River after catastrophic and deadly flooding killed more than 100 people following a torrential downpour early Friday morning.
CNN
Back-to-back flooding disasters in recent years â in Texas, New Mexico and Kentucky, among many others â have showed that preparing for flash flooding is a new necessity as the planet warms.
RNZ
Phasing out government assistance for storms and floods would be leaving homeowners 'on their own', an expert says.
Texas has identified more than $50 billion in flood control needs, but lawmakers have devoted just $1.4 billion to address them
The deadly flash floods in central Texas that claimed more than 100 lives over the July Fourth weekend in the United States have underscored the devastating power of this fast-onset hazard – and the critical challenge of ensuring early warnings reach vulnerable populations, even in the dead of night.
Stuff
A Hawke's Bay family who want to sell property where they've 'never seen a landslip' discover information on the LIM report that they say makes no sense.
NPR
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with meteorologist Tom Di Liberto {DEE la-bert-oh} with the nonprofit news organization Climate Central about flash flood warnings preceding the deadly central Texas foods.
The first weather emergency alert sent by the National Weather Service with urgent language instructing people to "seek higher ground now" was sent at 4:03 a.m. local time.
CNN
As Central Texas reels from flash floods that killed over 100 people this weekend, questions are sharpening about whether officials could have done more to avert the tragedy â both in the decades leading up to the disaster, and in the moments after the Guadalupe River began cresting its banks.
Stuff
Many things came together in a âterrible wayâ and led to floods that have so far killed 32 people.
RNZ
Civil defence has confirmed this week's downpours have matched the devastating 1877 deluge.
Homes in Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough have been left uninhabitable after properties were inundated with flood waters.
Flood-hit Tasman residents are frustrated with delays in getting telecommunications services back up and running.
The blistering early-summer heatwave that’s brought life-threatening temperatures across much of the northern hemisphere is a worrying sign of things to come, UN weather experts said on Tuesday.
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RNZ
People were chest high in floodwater taking young children out and crossing rail bridges to get to safe ground, "and this was 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning," mayor says.
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.
RNZ
You may not be able to stop water coming onto your property during a storm - but there are some things you can do.
The US Geological Survey believed yesterday's would potentially tie with the sixth largest earthquake recorded, which happened in Chile in 2010, but said it needs more data to verify that.
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.
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