{"id":85560,"date":"2025-10-18T02:47:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T02:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/85560\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T02:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T02:47:08","slug":"warning-for-drivers-amid-strong-winds-heavy-rain-and-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/85560\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning for drivers amid strong winds, heavy rain and snow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH\" class=\"media-element img-responsive file-odt-landscape-large-4-3\" data-delta=\"1\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/snow_on_slippery_sign_skeets_0.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"512\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Road snowfall warnings have been issued for some alpine passes while strong winds and heavy rain batter other parts of the South Island. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH<\/p>\n<p>Strong winds are already having an impact in the central South Island, with fallen trees on state highways and road signage repeatedly blown over.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NZTA Waka Kotahi spokesman Jarrod Booker said contractors had been called out several times throughout the South Island to clear fallen trees and debris from state highways.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Road signs have reportedly blown over on the stretch of State Highway 8 between Twizel and Fairlie, where an area warning is now in place because of strong winds.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy rain warnings are also in place for headwaters of Canterbury lakes and rivers, Westland ranges north of the Haast River, the Grey District and Buller.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wondering what&#8217;s happening to that front over the South Island?\ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n<p>The front currently over central South Island &#8211; with associated heavy rain\ud83c\udf27\ud83d\udca7 &#8211; continues its northward trajectory to northern parts of the island by the end of the day\u2b06\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>The front continues north tomorrow\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lv3RbGbIuw\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/lv3RbGbIuw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MetService (@MetService) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MetService\/status\/1979350676716294310?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The worst of the rain is expected to clear by tonight as it moves north.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Road snowfall warnings are also in place for Lindis Pass (SH8), the Crown Range Rd and Milford Rd (SH94), where 5-10cm may accumulate about the highest parts with lesser amounts down to 600m.<\/p>\n<p>Road users are reminded to travel with extra care in adverse weather conditions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8211; Allied Media\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Road snowfall warnings have been issued for some alpine passes while strong winds and heavy rain batter other&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-85560","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\/85560","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=85560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}