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Fire from lightning strike kills 7 at nursery party in South Africa
A fire caused by a lightning strike killed seven people — including a 4-year-old child — at a nursery school…
Sunday’s national highs
Today’s highest temperature was 32 at Murchison. Today’s lowest maximum temperature was 17 at Haast. Kaitaia : 25 Whangarei…
Blog: The state of our TV Weather presentations
Many New Zealanders say they find TV weather presentations average or too confusing according to a poll this week by…
Earthquake jolts lower North Island
An earthquake measuring 5.4 has hit 10kms north west of Masterton this afternoon reports WeatherWatch.co.nz. GeoNet confirmed the quake as…
Lightning possible cause of airport blackout
The power failure at Auckland airport could have been caused by lightning strikes Lightning strikes could be to blame for…
Tropical Latest – Depression may not bring rain to NZ
It’s not the news northerners will be wanting but with every computer model update the chances of rain reaching New…
Search to resume for Air France 447
CNN — A new operation will begin next year to find the debris of Air France Flight 447, which mysteriously crashed…
Clouds linger over Auckland, but are clearing
UPDATED Cloudy skies are now starting to break up over Auckland today – in time for the Santa parade this…
Auckland Santa Parade – and it’s gonna be hot!
UPDATED The Farmers’ Santa Parade – Auckland’s biggest public event of the year – gets underway at 2pm today and the…
Tropical Cyclone risk remains high, but will rain reach NZ?
The Fiji Meteorological Service has this evening maintained their “high risk” forecast for tropical cyclone development from the first tropical depression…
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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…
