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Flooding and wildfires claims lives in Europe

Flooding in Central Europe has claimed the lives of 14 people and several others are missing. Torrential rain has caused…

Conditions improving across the country today

Snow fell to low levels in Canterbury, flooding affected parts of the South Island, slips in Hutt Valley and hail in Auckland…

Stormy end to week quite likely

For the past week long range computer models have been forecasting an aggressive low to form east of Australia and…

Snow and flooding affect Canterbury

Cold weather continues to produce snow across Canterbury with snow falling in a number of inland areas. Weather enthusiasts at…

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Sunday’s national highs…

Today’s highest temperature was 17 at Gisborne, Napier, Hastings. Today’s lowest maximum temperature was 6 at Culverden, Hamner Springs, Alexandra,…

Slip hits car heading to Hutt Valley

A slip which struck a moving car has closed both northbound lanes of State Highway 2 between Wellington and the…

Miserable weather in the South Island

Weather conditions are miserable over much of the South Island today as a bitterly cold southerly pushes in. Snow is falling to…

Quiz answers

Here are the answers from our earlier quiz. Which one of these revolving weather systems is the smallest – hurricane,…

International weather quiz

This quiz is one with an international flavour. How many do you think you can answer?We’ll provide the answers in…

Rugby escapes the cold and wet

Christchurch surprised many people with a mainly dry night  for the big game between the All Blacks and the Wallabies…

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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…