SYDNEY, March 28-- The Insurance Council of Australia issued the following news release: The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has declared a catastrophe for damage caused by Severe Tropical ...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Widespread flooding on Wednesday blocked roads, closed schools, diverted flights and forced hundreds of people to evacuate across New Zealand's North Island, as the tail-end of ...

Lashing rain and howling winds battered northeast Australia Tuesday as towns went into lockdown ahead of a "monster" cyclone making landfall, with thousands evacuated amid fears of damage and tidal ...

Chief executive officer Craig Doyle said the council had undertaken some rectification works at Lamberts Beach and Midge Point ahead of the current storm season, while still waiting on the outcome of ...