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US: Monster tornado – death toll 51, expected to rise

A monstrous tornado up to 1.6 kilometres wide has roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, killing 10, flattening entire neighbourhoods,…

VIDEO – Stunning NZ timelapse

Perhaps they got it wrong when they called Australia the lucky country because this video shows how fortunate we are…

Latest weather headlines

Tornadoes continued to touchdown in the US from Texas to the Canadian border overnight(NZT). Yesterday two men in their 70s…

Opinion: May & November the ‘yawn’ months

Column by head weather analyst Philip Duncan — If there are two months of the year that I think bring bland,…

Tuesday’s national forecast

A low to the west of the country sends a series of fronts over mainly the North Island today, a…

Monday night’s national forecast

A low pressure system brews out to the west of the country moving ever so slightly closer overnight, a few…

VIDEO – Heavy showers for parts of NZ

A large low is delivering a week of inclement weather to put it mildly however it’s not all rain, rain,…

US – Tornado strikes

A dangerous kilometre wide tornado struck near Oklahoma City today, part of an extreme weather system moving through the central…

US Opinion – Tornado talk

Column by Mike Nelson, frontman and meteorologist for 7News in Denver, Colorado Most tornadoes in the United States occur in…

OZ – Potential for big east coast low

We’ve had a recent wet spell and now it appears big rain is heading for the larger cities across the…

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Meteors – Your Eyewitness Reports!

WeatherWatch.co.nz receives meteor reports from all over New Zealand and the globe, 24/7/365. **CASUAL COMMENTS**If you’ve seen something in the…

Latest: Gabrielle approaches NZ (+25 Maps)

The effects of Cyclone Gabrielle will be felt across much of the North Island today, especially later in the day,…

Cyclone Gabrielle strengthening as it slowly passes Great Barrier Island (20+ maps)

12:15am Tuesday NZDT — Cyclone Gabrielle’s movement has slowed to an absolute crawl near Great Barrier Island. The longer the…