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Southern Ocean Cyclone – Who will be affected and how
Update 8:55am — A weather bomb near Stewart Island has narrowly missed hitting NZ directly but heavy rain, squalls, thunderstorms and…
Video: Significant storm to brush lower South Island
Philip Duncan and nzherald.co.nz bring you the latest on the storm that is rapidly developing in the Southern Ocean today –…
Storm chase on Tuesday in Canterbury
We’ve certainly had a thundery time across the country due to this depression that formed in the Tasman Sea then…
Body pulled from truck which plunged into swollen river
A body has been pulled from the cab of a truck, found submerged in a Hawkes Bay river. A 47-year-old…
Severe Weather Video: Thunderstorms, tornado, heavy rain risk
WeatherWatch.co.nz head weather analyst Philip Duncan says a large low continues to churn offshore to our south west. Showers are…
Thunderstorms, downpours, approach upper North Island
Another band of thundery rain/showers is approaching the western North Island from Taranaki to Northland, including Auckland and brings a…
Violent weather pushes into Taranaki with waterspout and hail
Unpredictable and violent are two words forecasters are using to describe the weather around Taranaki and the western half of the…
March storm costs soar to $6m
The cost of two storms which hammered parts of Wanganui and Taranaki has reached $6 million according to one major…
Slips and flooding across Gisborne region
Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay are bracing for flooding as heavy rain pounds the east of the North Island. A severe…
Tropical Cyclone Daphne forms
As exclusively predicted last week by WeatherWatch.co.nz a tropical cyclone has formed directly north of New Zealand this afternoon, to…
