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Magnitude 7.7 earthquake hits off Chilean coast

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake occurred off the coast of southern Chile Sunday, 40 km (about 25 miles) southwest of Puerto…

Monday’s national forecast

Upper North Island Mostly cloudy about Northland and Auckland, sunny spells this morning about the Waikato and Bay Of Plenty…

USA / Canada: Storm in midwest brings snow, travel problems for Christmas

Much of the USA and Canada has a dry Christmas Day coming – but a deepening low in the US…

UK: Major storm nearby for Christmas Day

Last week WeatherWatch.co.nz reported on a large storm barrelling towards the United Kingdom out of the north Atlantic. Today (Christmas…

Philippines: Super typhoon to make landfall on Christmas Day

A major typhoon is gaining strength as it draws closer to the Philippines, where it’s expected to make landfall on…

Australia: Christmas Day forecast for the main centres

Australia has an ex-tropical cyclone currently pushing into the desert regions with heavy rain falling there. In fact parts of…

NEW ZEALAND: Christmas Day forecast!

Upper North Island Mostly cloudy with breezy to brisk southwesterly winds, there may be a shower or two about especially…

Poll Results: NZers want a variety of weather on Christmas Day

Most New Zealanders are wanting a Sunny, dry and calm Christmas Day – with 66% in that group. 22% want…

The official Christmas Day forecast for New Zealand

Updated 11:30pm Christmas Eve — The forecast looks mostly dry although a few isolated showers will be lurking, and some…

Santa Tracker 2016

Welcome to the 2016 Santa Tracker! Because it’s now past 11pm on Christmas Eve the Santa Tracker is no longer live,…

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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…