People in Clutha are also being asked to conserve water. Tens of thousands of properties still don't have power - including in Canterbury, Wairarapa, Manawatu-Whanganui , Marlborough and Southland.

PowerNet is warning tens of thousands of people in Southland and South Otago may be without power for another week. Southland towns Tuatapere and Ohai have no drinking water, while boil-water notices ...

Mr Birchfield, who has been at odds with the council since he was deposed as chair in 2023, campaigned on abolishing or ...

State Highway 6, Greymouth to Punakaiki – Due to surface flooding and ... using stars, winds, and waves. Fire and Emergency National Manager Response Capability Ken Cooper says the USAR capability ...

FREEPORT, Texas — A fire that broke out at the Dow chemical plant in Freeport is now contained and the investigation into what started it begins. It happened at the plant on Brazosport Boulevard near ...

INTENTIONALLY. STATE FIRE INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT SPARKED A BARN FIRE IN CARROLL COUNTY THAT LEFT FOUR HORSES DEAD. LOOK AT THESE FLAMES HERE. THIS HAPPENED AROUND ONE YESTERDAY ...

St. Tammany Firefighters are on scene of a structure fire at Palmetto's on the Bayou. Officials say no part of the main restaurant are affected. The popular restaurant and bar is reportedly ablaze, ...

LIVE ON THE SCENE. DAVID MARIA. GOOD EVENING. YES. RESIDENTS OF THIS BUILDING ARE RATTLED BY THE FACT THAT SOMEBODY WOULD TRY TO SET FIRE TO IT, AND EVEN MORE RATTLED BY THE FACT THAT THAT SOMEONE IS ...

THE FINGER. RIGHT NOW. INVESTIGATING A FIRE IN EDISTO BEACH TIED TO A CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE. THIS IS VIDEO OF THAT BLAZE IN EDISTO ISLAND. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, THE FIRE HAPPENED SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN ...

Austin Turner is a web producer at CBS News Los Angeles. An Inland Empire native, Austin earned a degree in journalism from San Jose State University in 2020. Before joining CBS News in 2025, he ...

UPDATE: Fire crews have halted the forward progress of the Sandia Fire that broke out Tuesday afternoon west of Temecula and Murrieta. As of 6 p.m., the fire was mapped at 24 acres and is now 10% ...