A $13.1 million initiative to protect Milford Sound from flooding was officially opened by Southern civic leaders last week.
Kingston is preparing to be more flood-ready after Queenstown Lakes District Council representatives and emergency services paid a visit to the town last week.
The mayor of Naples ordered a much-awaited football match scrapped on Sunday for fear tens of thousands of fans could be trapped by flooding, while in northern Italy authorities closely monitored the rain-swollen Po river.
Floods swamped a new area of Thailand's capital on Wednesday as some shops rationed food and Bangkok's governor warned of "massive water" on the way that could put many parts of the sprawling city in danger by the end of the week.
Torrential rains lashed Italy from its northern Alps to the southern island of Sicily, causing flash floods that killed at least nine people and left six others missing, authorities say.
It was dark outside, so bread-truck driver John Spain did not see that a big chunk of the Outram Bridge was missing until he was right on top of it. By then, it was too late. The three-tonne...
Heavy rain is continuing to lash parts of the North Island after roads were closed and families forced to flee their homes in the upper South Island overnight.
Rivers and floodwaters are receding in the upper South Island after heavy rain overnight closed roads and forced families near Nelson to evacuate their homes.
Farmers are on high alert and children have been sent home from a local school as the Tasman District braces for flooding.
Heavy rain and flooding have prompted "boil-water" notices for half of the Central Otago district's town water supplies, and has also caused problems in South Otago.
Heavy criticism of the Otago Regional Council's Taieri flood and drainage review has led Cr Duncan Butcher to defend the council's position during annual plan hearings yesterday.
Concerns from the Mosgiel community about potential flood risks to low-lying areas around Quarry Creek at East Taieri will be investigated by both the city and regional councils.
Opposition to the Otago Regional Council's proposed Taieri flood and drainage rating review is mounting, with nearly all the submissions to its annual plan on the subject against the changes.
A piece of monitoring software failed during last month's flooding, leading to a delay of about three hours in telephone warnings to landowners.
An elderly Auckland man who survived a Fiordland flood by clinging to a rock for almost two days says he was never frightened, but was concerned about how he could get to safety.
The pump station on the Waipori River, which keeps more than 7000ha of the Taieri Plain dry, is to get a $1.1 million refurbishment, including new pumps.
Police in Bolivia say a raging river has swept at least 30 people to their deaths after swamping a bus and a truck that tried to cross.
Estimated costs for flood protection work on the Water of Leith and Lindsay Creek have more than doubled to $53 million, latest figures released by the Otago Regional Council show.
Wild weather was last night lashing the upper North Island as heavy rain and high tides combined to keep authorities and residents on high alert for more coastal flooding.
Deadly floodwaters that have cut a swath across northeast Australia seeped on to the streets of the nation's third-largest city today, forcing people to flee both suburbs and skyscrapers.