Archives for April 2011
Four die on wet roads
A young mum was killed when her car rolled yesterday, but her two children survived unscathed in the back seat….
EARTHQUAKE BLOG: Just when it was starting to settle…
Weatherwatch Analyst Richard Green is from Christchurch and shares his personal experience of the strong aftershock that shook the city…
Dunedin and Otago
The spotlight is on Dunedin today and also briefly inland parts of Otago, as we continue our look into the…
Christchurch hit by large aftershock
Christchurch has been rocked by a magnitude 5.3 aftershock. The 5.49pm quake was centred 10km northeast of Diamond Harbour, at…
Sydney has wettest April day in a decade
Sydneysiders have endured some steady downpours over the last 18 hours, with over 70mm of rain up until late this…
Saturday’s national highs
Todays highest temperature was 23 at Whangarei and the lowest maximum temperature was 13 at Hanmer Springs, Ashburton and Dunedin….
Tornados kill at least 9 in Mississippi and Alabama
The city of Clinton, Mississippi, suffered “extensive damage” when a tornado, part of a powerful two-state outbreak, touched down Friday,…
Uncertainty remains over Easter forecast
Computer modelling continues to show a sub-tropical low near New Zealand at Easter but so far the forecast for Easter weekend…
Mild night in the north
Temperatures barely dipped below 20 degrees overnight in many northern regions as a warm northerly kept thermometers bouyant. While it…
City of Sails promoted to tourists
Today we move to the city of Auckland to get a brief summary of the overall climate and it’s aimed…
