{"id":231729,"date":"2026-01-13T23:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T23:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/231729\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T23:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T23:58:10","slug":"heavy-rain-warning-as-more-110mm-of-rain-forecast-to-hit-south-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/231729\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy rain warning as more 110mm of rain forecast to hit South Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4JUTKWH_Screenshot_2026_01_14_104504_png.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"796\" alt=\"Up to 110 millimetres of rain is expected to fall in the top of the South Island.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nUp to 110 millimetres of rain is expected to fall in the top of the South Island.<br \/>\nPhoto: MetService\n<\/p>\n<p>Heavy rain is forecast to hit the top of the South Island as a low-pressure system moves in this evening.<\/p>\n<p>MetService has an orange heavy rain warning in place for Marlborough Sounds, Richmond Range and the Rai Valley from 7pm on Wednesday until Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Up to 110 millimetres of rain is expected to fall and people in the area are encouraged to prepare by clearing their drains and gutters and avoiding low-lying areas.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ufe0f Heavy Rain Watches issued for Tasman and Marlborough<br \/>\u2614 A low-pressure system moves in late tomorrow night into Thursday, bringing heavy rain to the upper South Island<br \/>\u26c8\ufe0f Widespread rain is expected on Thursday, with a risk of thunderstorms for the North Island especially <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qbWc8kbspf\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/qbWc8kbspf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MetService NZ (@MetService) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MetService\/status\/2010865639137882170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Heavy rain watches have also been issued for parts of Nelson, Tasman, Buller, Wellington, the Kaikoura Coast and Marlborough south of the Richmond Range.<\/p>\n<p>MetService said there was a moderate chance of them being upgraded to warnings.<\/p>\n<p>Taranaki has a severe thunderstorm watch in place from 2am until 11pm on Thursday due to a moist unstable northwesterly flow.<\/p>\n<p>Intense, localised rainfall of 25 to 40 millimetres an hour is predicted with the potential for surface or flash flooding.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/radionz.us6.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=211a938dcf3e634ba2427dde9&amp;id=b3d362e693\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for Ng\u0101 Pitopito K\u014drero<\/a>, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Up to 110 millimetres of rain is expected to fall in the top of the South Island. Photo:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[48,47,42,43,49,46,44,45,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-231729","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-current-affairs","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-podcasts","13":"tag-public-radio","14":"tag-radio-new-zealand","15":"tag-rnz","16":"tag-top-news","17":"tag-top-stories","18":"tag-topnews","19":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}