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Families isolated on East Coast
Three families remain isolated and dozens are without power on the East Coast after days of heavy rain. Parts of…
SH 2 reopens but more heavy rain coming
The highway between Napier and Wairoa has reopened, but it may be short-lived. Debris has been cleared from State Highway…
Residents on standby for evacuations
Residents in two areas of Gisborne may be evacuated if the heavy rain continues. Civil Defence has been activated in…
Trees fall, power cut, in Auckland
Firefighters were called out to dozens of weather-related calls overnight and this morning across Northland, Auckland and Waikato, as heavy…
300mm predicted for Gisborne/HB ranges
MetService is warning up to 300mm of rain could fall across the Gisborne and Hawkes Bay ranges in the 48…
Strong winds move south, rain moves east
Strong winds buffeted parts of Auckland last night and today those strong winds will head south as a deep and…
Low continues to deepen
UPDATED Gale force winds are blasting Auckland tonight as a low continues to deepen north of New Zealand. Exposed parts…
Flooding risk for East Coast, rain sets in across north
Rain has set in across northern New Zealand this afternoon with gale force winds forming in a narrow area between…
New rain warnings issued; could this be a significant event?
Gisborne and Hawkes Bay are the latest regions to have rain warnings issued for them as a quickly developing low moves…
Wellington houses evacuated after slip
Two homes in Wellington have been evacuated after a large slip. Around 4.30 yesterday afternoon the ground fell from underneath…
