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Sunday’s national forecast: Lows depart and cooler 24 hours ahead

A low over the North Island, centred over Northland on Saturday, will today drift east of Gisborne and back out…

Low churns across upper North Island with heavy downpours

A low pressure system has crossed Northland today bringing heavy downpours to the upper North Island over the past 24…

Australia just had their hottest winter on record – BoM

Winter in Australia this year was hot and dry with the average maximum temperature up nearly 2 degrees Celsius above…

Harvey aftermath: ‘We need an army of FEMA agents,’ Houston mayor pleads

A chemical fire has again broken out at a formerly flooded chemical plant in Crosby, Texas, that caught fire one…

Atlantic: Powerful Hurricane Irma could be next weather disaster

While much attention remains on Texas and the destruction left by Hurricane Harvey and its historic rainfall, powerful Hurricane Irma is…

Saturday’s national forecast

A low moves onto the upper North Island from the north today while a ridge starts to make some headway…

Australia: Soggy start to spring in Perth

It’s a cool and showery start to spring in Australia’s southwest today after Perth came close to its first wetter-than-average…

Weather Video: Two lows to kick off September’s first weekend

Two low pressure systems are affecting New Zealand this weekend but neither are overly troublesome, but on top of the…

Harvey aftermath: More chemical fires possible as city loses clean water

Flood-stricken southeast Texas struggled Friday NZT with a new series of blows that left one city without running water, the…

InfoGraphic: The Main Weather News Highlights across NZ: Fri, Sat, Sun

A low east of New Zealand directs a southerly quarter airflow over the South Island and lower North Island today….

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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…