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Archives for September 2016

Civil Defence’s big long silence (again) – The simple fix for future tsunami risks

Most Read Story — On Friday morning it took almost an hour before the Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency…

The moment the birds squawked in the middle of the night due to earthquake

Story from Friday AM — Aucklanders rarely, if ever, wake to an earthquake but the severe 7.1 earthquake off East…

‘Life-threatening’ tropical storm Hermine crossing Florida

Updated 8:52pm Friday — After boarding up windows and filling sandbags, residents took shelter tonight as Tropical Storm Hermine (earlier…

The current situation around NZ – weather

Currently a northwesterly airflow lies over New Zealand, within this flow are two frontal systems. One weakening front is moving…

Strong winds coming – NZ’s Weather Highlights for next 3 days

A front moves off the top of the South Island this morning then onto the North Island this afternoon /…

Tsunami warning now CANCELLED for NZ following M7.1 quake

UPDATED 8:32am — The Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management has CANCELLED a tsunami warning for marine and beach…

Severe 7.1 earthquake hits off East Cape, strongly felt in Auckland & Wellington

UPDATED 5:45am — A severe 7.1 earthquake has hit near East Cape. It took a full hour but New Zealand…

Friday’s national forecast

A front moves off the top of the South Island this morning then gradually moves northwards over the North Island…

Oh my Otago, outstanding clouds tonight (Photos x 9)

An air flow out of the sub-tropics and over Otago this afternoon and evening is helping create some spectacular clouds…

The Big Picture on Friday

A front slowly moves northwards over the North Island on Friday, the airflow over the country on a whole is…