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Week in Weather: What’s been making headlines this week
It’s been an absolutely hectic week in the weather, climate and astronomy world this week – as we started with…
Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston now Cat4
As WeatherWatch.co.nz exclusively forecast earlier this week Cyclone Winston has ramped up into a “Severe” Tropical Cyclone, putting it Cat…
Australia: More kiwis sent to fight TAS bushfires as drought drags on
More New Zealand firefighters are joining the battle against bushfires in Tasmania. 43 firefighters and liaison staff leave for Australia…
Astronomy: Discovery ‘opens new window’ on the cosmos (+VIDEO)
Scientists say they have for the first time detected gravitational waves, ripples in space and time hypothesised by physicist Albert…
Twin Cyclones near New Zealand – direct hit unlikely – but rough conditions possible in NZ
This morning twin cyclones continue to churn north of New Zealand. Tropical Cyclone Winston strengthened overnight to a Category 2…
Tropical Cyclone Winston forms east of Vanuatu
As expected a tropical cyclone has today formed east of Vanuatu. Tropical Cyclone Winston has been named by Fiji forecasters….
Tropical double dose – the track maps are out for both storms
Conditions continue to deteriorate north of New Zealand with two tropical storms simultaneously developing side by side. Despite the danger…
Looking towards the Tropics – Thursday’s Weather Video
All eyes are now on the tropics, as two lows start to churn things up – one poised to become…
World’s largest solar plant opens in Morocco
Morocco has switched on what will be the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant. The new site near the city…
Double stormy skies north of NZ – will and how could we be affected?
Updated 8:12am — A tropical cyclone is forming between Fiji and Vanuatu today and is still expected to track towards…
