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Heavy rain threat continues

Rain and showers are falling all over the country this morning.  Precipitation extends from the Coromandel Peninsula and western Bay…

Lightning strikes makeshift mosque in Bangladesh, kills 13

At least 13 people were killed and 20 wounded when lightning struck a makeshift mosque in a remote village in…

Sunday’s national forecast

It will be a wet day for much of country.  Showers will fall about much of the North Island and…

More rain right where it’s not needed

A large low in the Tasman Sea poses a firm risk for more slips and flooding in regions that have already…

Phil’s Weekly Column – The climate change debate & why common sense is needed

Scientists around the world appear to be stepping back a little from the rhetoric around climate change and how humans…

US heat continues to reach historic levels

Recently, I talked about how the US’s summer of 2012 is often compared to the summers during the 1930’s.  These were…

Rain is on the way

Here in the Waikato you would never believe we have big low churning out over the Tasman.  The fog burned…

Saturday’s national forecast

The strengthening Tasman low is beginning to spread showers across the upper tip of the North Island early this morning. …

Rain set to move in

The outlook is still looking as previously expected for this incoming low pressure system, although there are some suggestions in…

Video: Yep – another big rain maker is incoming

In Friday’s weather video with nzherald.co.nz and WeatherWatch.co.nz, Philip Duncan brings you the latest on the next big Tasman Sea low…

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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…