A plane operated by a private airline in Nepal has gone missing with 22 people on board, officials told Reuters, saying cloudy weather was preventing search helicopters from flying into the area. Read...
By RNZ Motorists are being warned to prepare for hazardous driving conditions in Auckland tonight, with strong winds, heavy rain and thunderstorms forecast for the city.Metservice says a severe weather warning is in place from... Read...
Severe thunderstorms could hit the North Island this evening, bringing heavy rain and strong winds. It is the first of several bouts of wet weather forecast for the next week, and nearly all of the country is affected. A severe... Read...
A sub-tropical storm is set to unleash rain, thunderstorms and gales across the top half of the North Island from tomorrow. MetService has issued a swathe of weather warnings ahead of the incoming low pressure system packed with... Read...
The Horowhenua District is now in recovery mode after a mini-tornado ripped through nearly 50 homes last week, leaving behind serious damage.Horowhenua District Council`s response to the severe weather event was immediate. While... Read...
A spate of damaging extreme weather events - including three big deluges in recent months - has left even MetService meteorologists surprised.Today marks three years since the national forecaster introduced its `red warnings` ... Read...
A mountain of silt is a reminder for George Masefield of the deluge that left farmers stranded for days on Banks Peninsula.The peninsula suffered an unseasonal weather bomb with 350mm of rain landing in an isolated area from Lavericks... Read...
