New Zealand Herald - Natural disastersLatest Content for Natural disastersHome owners await fate- September 17, 2008 The owners of five North Shore properties affected by slips last month are hoping to find out in the next few days whether the houses will be condemned. One house, in Lingham Cres, Torbay, was condemned following the slips which...http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=68&objectid=10532803&ref=rss Ike survivor 'tame as a kitten'- September 17, 2008 BOLIVAR PENINSULA - Many years from now, a small group of Hurricane Ike survivors will probably still be telling the story of how, on the night the storm flattened their island, they took sanctuary in a church - with a lion. The...http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=68&objectid=10532767&ref=rss Grim scenes but no more deaths- September 16, 2008 Entire subdivisions obliterated. Oil and chemical slicks in the surf where holidaymakers once frolicked. Longhorn cattle roaming desolate streets. But, most stunning of all, no more deaths. Grim scenes greeted rescuers yesterday...http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=68&objectid=10532533&ref=rss 'Stay away, you cannot live here'- September 15, 2008 GALVESTON - As teams continued the biggest search and rescue operation in Texas history, thousands of people faced long stays in crowded shelters because their homes were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Ike. The death toll rose...http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=68&objectid=10532348&ref=rss Ike's savage wrath- September 14, 2008 TEXAS - Rescue crews canvassed neighborhoods inundated by Ike's storm surge early Sunday morning in a race against time to rescue those who faced a second harrowing night trapped amid flattened houses, strewn debris and downed power...http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=68&objectid=10532194&ref=rss Auckland homeowners' tumbling fortunes- September 13, 2008 Half of Auckland is at "high risk" of being affected by the devastating effects of landslides and it could cost homeowners up to $500,000 in engineering earthworks to make their houses safe. An Auckland Regional Council map obtained...http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=68&objectid=10532032&ref=rss Council begins work on slip- September 12, 2008 The Manukau City Council will tomorrow start work on clearing the massive land slip at Kawakawa Bay. Contractors will put up soil-catching barriers in preparation for a helicopter, which next week will use a monsoon bucket to...http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=68&objectid=10531983&ref=rss Evacuations begin in Texas ahead of hurricane Ike- September 11, 2008 Authorities on Wednesday warned one million people to flee inland as Hurricane Ike steamed toward a swath of the Texas coast that includes the nation's largest concentration of refineries and chemical plants. Drawing energy from...http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=68&objectid=10531691&ref=rss Small tornado hits New Plymouth- September 10, 2008 A small tornado whipped through New Plymouth last night. Police said the tornado hit suburban Bell Block shortly after midnight. There was some property damage, including house roofs blown off and power lines down, but no reports...http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=68&objectid=10531648&ref=rss Frustration boils over at talks on road slip- September 10, 2008 Manukau City Council hopes to open the Kawakawa BayClevedon Rd within the next few weeks for limited periods. But the promise is not enough for some residents, who hurled abuse at council officials at a meeting in the Kawakawa...http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=68&objectid=10531642&ref=rss |