{"id":365636,"date":"2026-04-06T01:53:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T01:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/365636\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T01:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T01:53:14","slug":"sunlive-heavy-rain-watch-issued-for-bay-of-plenty-rotorua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/365636\/","title":{"rendered":"SunLive &#8211; Heavy rain watch issued for Bay of Plenty, Rotorua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A heavy rain watch has been issued for parts of the Bay of Plenty and Rotorua, with forecasters warning conditions could worsen over the next two days.<\/p>\n<p>In its latest weather update, the MetService said periods of heavy rain were forecast for areas west of Whakat\u0101ne, including Rotorua, from 3pm Tuesday until 6pm Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Rainfall totals may exceed warning thresholds, with a high chance the watch could be upgraded to a heavy rain warning.<\/p>\n<p>MetService warned that streams and rivers could rise rapidly, with surface flooding, slips and hazardous driving conditions possible during the period.<\/p>\n<p>Residents were urged to prepare by clearing drains and gutters, avoiding low-lying areas, and driving with caution, particularly during heavy downpours.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A heavy rain watch has been issued for parts of the Bay of Plenty and Rotorua, with forecasters&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-365636","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365636","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=365636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}