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Your Monday outlook

It will be difficult to find a dry slice of Aotearoa tomorrow. Heavy rain will be likely for Christchurch and…

An unsettled week ahead for many

The low currently driving our wet weather will make its way across the country late tomorrow and Tuesday.  That means…

Heavy rain update

Waikato, Central Plateau and eastern Bay of Plenty are all seeing patches of heavy rain this morning.  General rainfall covers…

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…

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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…