{"id":364690,"date":"2026-04-05T09:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T09:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/364690\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T09:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T09:38:11","slug":"weather-heavy-rain-strong-winds-warning-for-upper-north-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/364690\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather: Heavy rain, strong winds warning for upper North Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4JQNDP4_rain_radar_metservive_png.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"814\" alt=\"MetService has forecasted heavy rain over for the upper North Island on Tuesday.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nMetService has forecasted heavy rain over for the upper North Island on Tuesday.<br \/>\nPhoto: Screengrab \/ MetService\n<\/p>\n<p>MetService is warning residents in Northland to prepare for severe gales, heavy rain and possible thunderstorms.<\/p>\n<p>Rainfall could exceed warning criteria, with thunderstorms and localised downpours possible, MetService said.<\/p>\n<p>It warned people to avoid low-lying areas because streams and rivers could rise rapidly.<\/p>\n<p>Flooding and slips were also possible, it said.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26a0\ufe0f Severe Weather Update \u26a0\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>A Heavy Rain Watch has been issued for Northland (10pm Mon \u2013 4 pm Tue) \ufe0f<br \/>A Strong Wind Watch has been issued for Northland (3am \u2013 5pm Tue) <\/p>\n<p>A low may form north of the country on Monday and then move over the northern North Island during\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k85cvl2xMA\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/k85cvl2xMA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MetService NZ (@MetService) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MetService\/status\/2040548369568018447?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The region is under a rain watch from 10pm on Monday until 4pm on Tuesday, with a high possibility of it being upgraded to a warning.<\/p>\n<p>A strong wind watch will also be in place on Tuesday until 5pm.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday Nelson to Westland is also expected to be hit by heavy rain, easing by Wednesday.<\/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":"MetService has forecasted heavy rain over for the upper North Island on Tuesday. Photo: Screengrab \/ MetService MetService&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,47,111,43,139,69,49,46,44,45],"class_list":["post-364690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-audio","tag-current-affairs","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-podcasts","tag-public-radio","tag-radio-new-zealand","tag-rnz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364690","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=364690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}