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Icy blast hits NZ: 849 lightning strikes, flooding - and big swell, snow on the way
Strong winds, heavy rain across NZ, and brace for a temperature drop down south on Friday.
Strong winds, heavy rain across NZ, and brace for a temperature drop down south on Friday.
The warning covers the period from 7pm Friday to 1am Saturday.
Large swells of up to 8m are expected to batter the western coastline this weekend.
Snow forecast down to 600m.
Few weather worries for most, but rain warning issued for one part of the country.
Fog is rolling in from the ocean, MetService says.
Traffic is building across the country as many take to the road for the long weekend.
Rain and strong winds are forecast for much of the North Island today, including Auckland.
But Aucklanders may need to pack an umbrella for Easter Monday.
'Now when it rains, I don't sleep at all,' says one storm-battered homeowner.
Tropical Cyclone Fili is tracking further east of New Zealand, the latest models show.
WeatherWatch also warns of potential slips and road disruption this week.
Wild weather in the forecast from Tuesday.
Settled early autumn weather for most, but rainmaker targets soaked east.
Waka Kotahi urges people to drive with care with further heavy rain expected overnight.
'There are large areas of flooding, slips, washouts and other hazards along the route.'
A severe weather warning is in place for Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay and Taupō.
Several schools have been forced to close due to flooding.
Heavy rain warnings and watches are in place for the upper North Island.
Heavy rain warning for Northland, Auckland and the Coromandel for Sunday and Monday.
For the second weekend in a row Wellington is in for a drenching.
Wild weather caused havoc across the country - now the clean-up has started.
A falling tree damaged a house in Kauri, no one was injured.
Cyclone Dovi is to close roads and bring damage as emergency teams on standby.
Wellington Free Ambulance confirmed it was responding to an event.
Metservice has issued a heavy rain warning for Wellington over the weekend.
The muggy weather won't peak until Saturday.
Kaitāia, Dargaville and Whangārei not expected to dip below 23C all week.
Many in the North Island will be spending the public holiday indoors as rain is forecast.
Adding to the humidity, intense rain is forecast for east from Hawke's Bay to Coromandel.