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Archives for July 2012

Flood events slowly developing in Waikato & Wanganui

Developing Flood Event — Torrential rain continues to fall over Central Plateau this evening and shows no signs of easing soon…

Video: Aurora Australis (Southern Lights) as seen from Lake Tekapo

Just In — WeatherWatch.co.nz has obtained another stunning time-lapse video of the Southern Lights – captured by Fraser Gunn.  Fraser’s description of…

Few thunderstorms in Fiordland, wet in the North Island but easing

Today looks to be shaping up mostly as expected. A front from the southwest is moving over Southland now bringing…

US drought at historic levels

While most of New Zealand has been deluged with rain the last few days, Americans are dealing with exactly the…

Video: Southern lights captured again over Canterbury

Exclusive Video — The solar flare over the weekend again helped trigger the Southern Lights, captured once again by Andrew…

Heavy rain and flooding update

Much of the North Island continues to be drenched in a continuous rainfall, some of it quite heavy.  Some areas…

Monday’s national forecast

She’s a wet one across the North Island today. Strong northerly winds in most areas gale force about the coast…

Monday will be another wet one

More rain is expected for the North Island tomorrow.  Upper and western parts of the South Island could also see…

Heavy rain and flooding update

The heaviest of the rain appears to be over for the South Island. A few lingering light showers are possible…

Flooding hits upper South Island

Flooding has completely cut off Westport this morning, as heavy rain pounds the region and the upper South Island. While…