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The moment the birds squawked in the middle of the night due to earthquake

Story from Friday AM — Aucklanders rarely, if ever, wake to an earthquake but the severe 7.1 earthquake off East…

‘Life-threatening’ tropical storm Hermine crossing Florida

Updated 8:52pm Friday — After boarding up windows and filling sandbags, residents took shelter tonight as Tropical Storm Hermine (earlier…

The current situation around NZ – weather

Currently a northwesterly airflow lies over New Zealand, within this flow are two frontal systems. One weakening front is moving…

Strong winds coming – NZ’s Weather Highlights for next 3 days

A front moves off the top of the South Island this morning then onto the North Island this afternoon /…

Tsunami warning now CANCELLED for NZ following M7.1 quake

UPDATED 8:32am — The Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management has CANCELLED a tsunami warning for marine and beach…

Severe 7.1 earthquake hits off East Cape, strongly felt in Auckland & Wellington

UPDATED 5:45am — A severe 7.1 earthquake has hit near East Cape. It took a full hour but New Zealand…

Friday’s national forecast

A front moves off the top of the South Island this morning then gradually moves northwards over the North Island…

Oh my Otago, outstanding clouds tonight (Photos x 9)

An air flow out of the sub-tropics and over Otago this afternoon and evening is helping create some spectacular clouds…

The Big Picture on Friday

A front slowly moves northwards over the North Island on Friday, the airflow over the country on a whole is…

Map – 16 day rain outlook: West is wet, East is not

As we’ve been saying this week the first half of September looks warmer than average – and the spring westerly…

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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…