Archives for October 2013
Some calm weather finally on the horizon!
Since early September New Zealand has been smacked around by spring gales coming in at all angles. Damaging winds have…
Wednesday’s national forecast
An anticyclone sits in the north Tasman Sea today while lows churn away in the Southern Ocean. New Zealand is…
Video: Motorcyclist clings to tree in flooded river as helicopter rescues him
A truck driver thought he’d killed a motorcyclist when he lost control on a Canterbury bridge this morning, sending the…
Tuesday night’s national forecast
An unstable southwesterly airflow lies over the South Island this evening and brings showers to many, a few of which…
India: Clean up continues as government’s early warnings praised
The last time a storm as powerful as Cyclone Phailin struck the eastern coast of India, 10,000 people died. So…
Sudden burst of gales hits Auckland at lunchtime
After a very calm morning a wall of wind hit many exposed parts of Auckland around late morning and into…
NZ ice levels falling at dramatic rates
Ice levels in the Southern Alps dropped by almost 15 per cent in the past four years, new research from…
Severe winds ease, but windy weather spreads out
The wind across Tuesday won’t be as intense as it was yesterday – but the windy westerlies are about to…
India: Relief at low death toll of Cyclone Phailin – so far
Mass evacuations spared India the widespread deaths many had feared from a powerful cyclone that roared ashore over the weekend,…
Tuesday’s national forecast
The main front that caused all the recent wind and rain issues across the country finally moves away to the…
