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Less chance of ‘Severe El Niño’ forming – but event still likely
Global forecasting for a severe El Nino weather pattern has been downgraded, due to a large wave of cool water…
Week in Weather: What’s Been Making Headlines this Week
What a topsy-turvy week it’s been; both on our shores and abroad! We’ve had typhoons, drought, power outages and blood…
JAPAN: Another ‘super typhoon’ on its way (+VIDEO)
A super typhoon on course to hit Japan over the weekend is as powerful as the deadly storm that ripped…
Iconic Wgtn sculpture hit by lightning dismantled
Wellington’s Zephyrometer sculpture has been dismantled before being sent to Christchurch for repairs after it was hit by lightning in…
Japan: Typhoon bearing down on the mainland (+VIDEO)
A strong typhoon is bearing down on Japan and has Tokyo in its sights. Typhoon Phanfone was churning north Sunday…
Tropic Thunder: WeatherWatch’s October outlook
It’s the start of a new month, and as such we take a moment to assess how we did prediction…
POLL RESULTS: Even split on spring storms
Well this is unusual – after hundreds of votes in our latest poll, “Spring storms: love them or hate them?”,…
Week in Weather: What’s Been Making Headlines this Week
It’s daylight savings this weekend – remember to wind your clocks forward – and we’ve certainly had a full helping…
UN push climate change onto international agendas
Some speed dating diplomacy at the United Nations this week. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon will host a special session on climate…
LATEST POLL: Spring storms – love them or hate them?
We’ve had a fair amount of correspondence from kiwis all over the country in regards to the recent topsy-turvy spring…
