Archives for March 2014
USA – Search continues for bodies in Washington landslide
They’ve been at it for parts of five days, using excavators, shovels and their hands to scour stark, dirty, surreal…
Dry weather causing ‘serious concerns’
Farmers dealing with a second year in a row of parched weather might not receive financial assistance, but will gain…
Weather Video – Dry outlook for the North
A few showers here and there aren’t bringing serious relief to farmers and gardeners desperate for solid rain. Lusi failed…
Thursday’s national forecast
A southwesterly airflow lies over the country today with an anticyclone sitting west of New Zealand in the Tasman Sea….
World Health Org: Pollution kills 7m per year
Air pollution kills about 7 million people worldwide every year, with more than half of the fatalities due to fumes…
March to end on a high
A large anticyclone – or high pressure system – is moving towards New Zealand and will dominate our weather for…
Wednesday night’s national forecast
An anticyclone lies in the Tasman Sea pushing a southwesterly airflow over New Zealand tonight, conditions are mainly settled with…
Wednesday’s national forecast
Conditions easing over New Zealand today as a low and associated trough pass to the east of the North Island,…
Tuesday night’s national forecast
A cold southwesterly airflow lies over the country overnight with a front moving north over the North Island during this…
USA – Washington State landslide – 108 still missing
A list of those reported missing following a landslide in rural Washington state includes 108 names, emergency officials said Monday….
