Archives for April 2014
West Coast landscape ‘changed forever’ by storm
The landscape of parts of the West Coast has been drastically altered, with whole forests flattened, shelter belts collapsed and…
Friday’s national forecast
A front moves northwards over the South Island for most of today then onto the North Island later in the…
Thursday night’s national forecast
Rain in the west of the North Island Auckland southwards through to Taranaki mostly clearing this evening but the odd…
Australia: Drought breaking rain brings relief for NSW farmers
Drought-breaking rain has brought long-awaited relief to some farmers in western New South Wales. Many areas stretching from the central…
Firewood boon on the Coast after storm
The great storm of last week has had an unexpected boon – free firewood galore just heading into winter. People…
Anzac Dawn services – dry for many, wet for a few
The forecast for Anzac day morning looks mostly dry for most of the top main centres but showers may also…
Thursday’s national forecast
An anticyclone sits to the north of New Zealand today while a gentle north to northwesterly airflow lies over the…
West Coast begins clean up after storms (VIDEO)
Builders and building materials are short supply with a mad scramble to patch up roofs left gaping after unprecedented windstorm…
Wednesday night’s national forecast
A gentle northwesterly airflow lies across the country tonight, a weak front is slowly moving north delivering some rain to…
Amazing footage of Nelson storm (VIDEO)
Widespread flooding, heavy rainfall and gale force winds caused road closures, power outages and slips around New Zealand on April…
