MetService Meteorologist Katie Lyons advises, “Orange Heavy Rain Warnings are issued for conditions that have the ability to cause impacts such as surface flooding and slips and therefore should still ...
More wild weather is in store for parts of New Zealand today as a Tasman Sea storm makes landfall, bringing sporadic ...
MetServices’ Head of Weather News Heather Keats said its severe weather warning system uses three distinct colours - yellow, orange, and red. Each colour tells you the different ...
Days of heavy rain and potentially severe nor’westerly gales are on the cards for much of the South Island and road users are ...
Thunderstorms bringing a threat of small tornadoes are forecast to rattle the top of the North Island this evening as central ...
The chief meteorologist for MetService has been quizzed on the agency's colour-coded weather warnings during a coronial inquest into the deaths of 18 people during Cyclone Gabrielle and the preceding ...
The Canterbury region is under a red wind warning as severe gale-force winds move in on much of the South Island. A red strong wind warning has been issued about and west of the foothills and west of ...
With bad weather expected for the wider Wellington region from this afternoon until tomorrow night, drivers are urged to be ready for weather hazards and disruptions. MetService has issued ...
On the night before a fatal school caving trip, MetService escalated its weather warning to severe and parents fired off ...
Several other South Island highways have been affected by the heavy rain, with flooding, slips and fallen trees on the West ...
In Christchurch, significant surface flooding has been reported this morning on State Highway 74/Anzac Drive, north of Wetlands Grove, and caution is being urged for those travelling on this route.