At least one passenger was killed and more than 40 injured when a luxury cruise ship was swamped by mountainous seas as sub-tropical storm hit New Zealand.

Metservice forecast that the heavy storm will hit the North Island's western and north parts as residents were asked to evacuate their homes.

Five young people have been killed by lightning in five different states in less than a week.

On July 3, Landon Dillard, 16, of Macon, Ga., was struck while riding a bicycle at a summer camp in Colorado.

Two people drowned following a boating accident on Lake Lanier on Saturday night. The bodies were recovered on Sunday morning from a depth of 10 feet, near the boat docks of Port Royale in the Forsyth County.

Lung Mang, 21 and Tha Thang, 23 went missing on Sunday after their boat wrecked on the lake.

Bananas reportedly washed up by the thousands on two Dutch North Sea islands Wednesday, as caused by six containers that fell from a cargo ship caught in a storm.

The bananas were said to have come in ten crates, from the ship Duncan Island.

An Idaho woman got a big surprise when a mother moose tried to bash its way into her home.

Anita Ovard saw two baby moose in her yard when she arrived home, but got a close-up view of the mother when the moose tried to jump through her storm door and front door.