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Torrential rain last night caused wide-spread flooding to parts of Auckland before the downpours moved south-east to the Bay of Plenty.
However, the miserable wet weather that forced most North Islanders indoors should be gone today, with the heavy rain easing to showers throughout the week.
Fire shift manager Jaron Phillips said there were over 80 call-outs in Auckland last night with basements and garages getting flooded.
He said fire fighters pumped out flooded basements and garages and secured tarpaulins over roofs that had lost tiles.
Mr Phillips said the calls started coming in from Clover Park in Manukau where residents reported a tornado.
"But it sounds more like high-winds that caused tiles to come off roofs," Mr Phillips said.
He said the rain related calls started on the North Shore in the bays and Milford.
"And then it moved into the city - Eden Terrace, Freemans Bay, Mt Eden and Epsom," Mr Phillips said.
He said the rain then moved east flooding basements and causing surface flooding on the roads of Howick.
Mr Phillips said at 1.30am the calls were still coming in from Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty.
Today's weather will bring softer showers to the North Island,
However, it is still expected to be quite cold, with the MetService last night warning of snow falling overnight on State Highway 5 between Taupo and Napier.
Heavy overnight snow was also expected to fall in parts of inland Hawkes Bay, Taupo, Tongariro National Park and Taihape.
Residents in the Coromandel Peninsula, Kaimai Ranges, east of Opotiki and parts of the Bay of Plenty got a lashing of rain yesterday, while the South Island was mostly fine.
MetService weather ambassador Bob McDavitt said many places would have a "showery" week with a possibility of heavy rain in Taranaki, Fiordland, Westland and Nelson.
"We have lows moving out to the east, so intense rain will be clearing up."
The wild weather coupled with roadworks led to massive traffic congestion in the Waikato region yesterday as motorists heading to Auckland were backed up 10km.
