Severe weather: Thunderstorms forecast to bring torrential rain and hail
Areas of Rotorua, Waikato, Taupo and Hawke’s Bay are under severe thunderstorm watches. Hail in Auckland’s North Shore.…
Thunderstorm watches and heavy rain warnings: Which North Island regions are affected today
🟨 ⛈️Severe thunderstorm Watches are in force for Northland, Auckland, Coromandel Peninsula, Bay of Plenty, Rotorua, Waikato, Waitomo,…
New Year’s Eve weather: Auckland placed under severe thunderstorm watch
MetService said any thunderstorms are expected to be accompanied by very heavy rain and could cause flash flooding…
Severe weather: Trees down, power cuts and muddy start to festivals as gales lash north
Gale-force winds reaching 120km/h and torrential rain have started to turn campsites and festival grounds into bogs as…
Weather: Last week of the year set to be wet, severe warnings in holiday hotspots
“So the rain will be long-lived, reasonably persistent and, in amongst that, there could be some heavy falls,”…
Weather: MetService warns of thunderstorms and heavy rain for the South Island
Some storms could bring localised downpours of 25mm to 40mm an hour and hail larger than 20mm, along…
Boxing Day weather: Severe thunderstorm watch in force, downpours and 90km/h gusts for north
At 2pm the MetService rain radar showed rain falling on the top of the country and bearing down…
Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Bay of Plenty and Rotorua
Bay of Plenty Times 25 Dec, 2025 08:07 PM2 mins to read Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium…
Large hail and heavy rain: Severe thunderstorm warning for Dunedin region – NZ Herald
Large hail and heavy rain: Severe thunderstorm warning for Dunedin region NZ HeraldSevere thunderstorm warning for Dunedin region RNZ‘Chunky’ showers:…
Heavy rain, severe gales to lash South Island as weather warnings issued
Meanwhile, the rain is expected to also start from 4am in the far south and move up the…
Heavy rain and strong winds set to batter region
At 10.15am, MetService weather radar detected thunderstorms near Matamata, Waharoa and the Kaimai Range. An active low-pressure system…
Vietnam flooding: More than 50 dead, dozens missing after week of severe floods
Rescuers were still plucking people from treetops and the roofs of homes as floodwaters receded there on Friday,…