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Tornado risk for Taranaki tonight
WeatherWatch.co.nz is tonight monitoring thunderstorms off the North Island’s west coast. As of 7pm 252 lightning strikes had been detected in…
Approaching storm – what does it mean to you?
Our first national storm in some time is approaching from the west and with it are over a dozen rain…
14 severe weather warnings issued
14 severe weather warnings have today been issued ahead of a storm moving in from the west. The storm, which…
Wind warnings extended
Wind warnings across Gisborne and Hawkes Bay have today been extended, instead of ending at midnight tonight they will now…
First the rain, now wind warnings for eastern NI
Wind warnings are today in force for the eastern North Island following three days of torrential rain. MetService is warning…
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…
