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MetService Issues Severe Weather Warnings for North Island
MetService has issued a Severe Weather Warning for heavy rain affecting parts of the North Island. A front is currently moving northwards across the island today and will continue overnight, bringing a period of heavy rain. Additionally, Severe Thunderstorm Watches…
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Heavy Rain Warning Issued for South Island, New Zealand
MetService has issued a severe weather warning for the South Island, New Zealand, effective Christmas Day. A front moving northwards is expected to bring heavy rain and severe gales to several regions. The warning, issued at 8:57pm on Wednesday, December…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Gales Forecast for South Island
MetService has issued a Severe Weather Warning for the South Island, effective Wednesday night and Thursday. A series of fronts, preceded by humid northerlies, are expected to bring periods of heavy rain and northwest gales. An Orange level Heavy Rain…
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Heavy Rain Warning Issued for Fiordland and Southern Westland
MetService issued a severe weather warning at 7:51pm on Thursday, November 20, 2025, for Fiordland and southern Westland, citing a slow-moving front bringing heavy rain. The warning is in effect for Fiordland south of Milford Sound for 17 hours, from…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Gales Forecast for North Island
A severe weather warning has been issued for the North Island, with a low and associated fronts expected to bring heavy rain and gales. The warning, issued at 8:47pm on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, covers a period from tonight through…
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Heavy Rain and Gales Forecast for New Zealand's North Island
A severe weather warning has been issued for the North Island of New Zealand, with a low-pressure system and associated fronts expected to bring heavy rain and gales. The warning, issued at 9:43 am on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, indicates…
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Heavy Snow Warning Issued for Canterbury High Country
MetService issued a Severe Weather Warning at 9:32 am on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, for heavy snow affecting the Canterbury region. A cold southwest flow over the South Island is bringing snow to low levels. A Warning is in force,…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Gales Forecast for South Island
A severe weather warning has been issued for parts of the South Island, with a frontal rain band preceded by strong to gale northwesterlies expected to move northwards during Saturday and early Sunday. The warning, issued by MetService at 8:47pm…
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New Zealand Weather Update: Showers, Strong Winds, and a Glimmer of Hope
New Zealand is experiencing a week of showers as fast-moving fronts cross the country. The first week of the spring school holidays concludes with a continuation of this unsettled weather pattern. Today (Thursday) and Friday will see a line of…
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New Zealand Weather: Severe Weather Warnings Issued as Frontal System Moves Up Country
MetService has issued several Severe Weather Forecasts for strong northwest winds and heavy rain as an active frontal system moves up New Zealand. The most likely severe weather is expected in the Canterbury High Country and headwaters, with Orange Warnings…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Strong Winds Forecast for New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued by MetService at 10:38 am on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, for significant heavy rain and strong winds expected across several regions of New Zealand. A front moving east is the cause, bringing heavy…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Strong Winds Forecast for New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued by MetService, anticipating heavy rain and strong winds across several regions from late Monday into early Wednesday. The warning, released at 9:37 am on Sunday, July 27, 2025, highlights the impact of an…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Strong Winds Forecast for New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued by MetService, forecasting heavy rain and strong northeast winds across many parts of the country from Friday into Saturday. The warning, re-issued at 11:27am on Thursday, includes several regions with varying levels of…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Strong Winds Forecast for New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued by MetService, predicting heavy rain and strong winds across multiple regions of New Zealand from Friday into Saturday. The warning, updated at 10:42 am on Thursday, July 10, 2025, highlights a front preceded…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Strong Winds Forecast for New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued for central and northern New Zealand, with heavy rain and strong winds expected from Thursday onwards. Heavy snow is also possible for higher elevations of Otago and South Canterbury in the South Island.…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Strong Winds Forecast for New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued for central and northern New Zealand, with heavy rain and strong winds expected from Thursday. Additionally, heavy snow is forecast for parts of the South Island. A large low over the Tasman Sea…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Strong Winds Forecast for New Zealand
Central and northern New Zealand are bracing for heavy rain and strong winds, with warnings and watches in effect from Thursday onwards. A large low over the Tasman Sea is the cause, bringing with it a series of fronts. MetService…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Snow Expected in New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued for many parts of New Zealand, with heavy rain expected across the North Island and upper South Island. Inland parts of Otago and Southland are bracing for snow on Saturday morning. The alert,…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Gales Forecast for New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued by MetService at 9:50am on Thursday, June 26, 2025, for central and southern parts of New Zealand. An active front, bringing heavy rain and strong north to northwest gales, is moving across the…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Gales Threaten New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued for central and southern New Zealand, with an active front bringing heavy rain and strong winds. The front is expected to move onto the South Island tonight and track north, reaching the North…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Gales Forecast for New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued by MetService at 10:16am on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, for central and southern New Zealand. An active front, preceded by north to northwest gales, is moving onto the South Island today and is…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Gales Forecast Across New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued by MetService, predicting heavy rain and gales across many parts of New Zealand on Wednesday and Thursday. The warning, released at 10:05 am on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, highlights the potential for heavy…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Gales Forecast Across New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued by MetService, predicting heavy rain and gales across many regions on Wednesday and Thursday. A low-pressure system over the Tasman Sea is moving southeast, expected to cross the northern South Island overnight Wednesday…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Gales Forecast for New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued by MetService, predicting heavy rain and gales for many parts of New Zealand on Wednesday and Thursday. Heavy snow is also possible about Canterbury on Thursday. A low over the Tasman Sea is…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain for Bay of Plenty, Gales for Northland
A severe weather warning has been issued by MetService at 8:36pm on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, for heavy rain in the Bay of Plenty and northwest gales in Northland. A front is moving eastwards across New Zealand tonight and early…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Gales Forecast for New Zealand
MetService has issued a severe weather warning at 9:36 am on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, for heavy rain in the upper South Island and Bay of Plenty, and northwest gales for Northland. A front is moving eastwards across New Zealand…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain Expected in Upper South Island and Bay of Plenty
A severe weather warning has been issued by MetService for the upper South Island and Bay of Plenty, with a front expected to bring heavy rain across New Zealand from Wednesday into early Thursday. The most urgent warning is an…
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North Island Weather Warning Lifted as Rain Eases
A severe weather warning issued by MetService at 7:47 am on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, reports that heavy rain about western parts of the North Island has eased. A front is moving eastwards across the upper North Island today, with…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Gales Forecast for South Island
A severe weather warning has been issued for parts of the South Island, with heavy rain and strong northwest winds expected. A front moving over the island from the Tasman Sea on Sunday and Monday will bring heavy rain and…
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Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rain and Gales Forecast for New Zealand
A severe weather warning has been issued by MetService at 9:30 am on Friday, May 9, 2025, indicating heavy rain and possible severe gales for parts of New Zealand. An active front is moving northwards across the upper South Island,…
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