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Big Dry: Parched north faces 'cyclone lottery'
Even if Uesi does bring rain to the north next week, it won't be enough to ease the dry.
Even if Uesi does bring rain to the north next week, it won't be enough to ease the dry.
COMMENT: Long hot summer means swimming, ice blocks - and drought and water restrictions.
When planning her wedding two years ago Khellsey-Anna Atley did not prepare for floods.
When wet, Ouvea Premix can create ammonia gas, that can be extremely harmful.
Offices flooded in Sydney, parts of Byron Bay are under water as massive system unleashes.
MetService Weather Christchurch: 8th February.
MetService Weather National: 7th - 9th February.
Total costs for the clean up following the floods are expected to run into millions.
"It was a matter of wading through waist-high water to get to the end of the street."
MetService Weather National: 5th - 7th February
MetService Weather Christchurch: 6th February
Authorities are telling people in Southland not to be complacent about evacuating.
Some families were forced to wade through waist-high water to safety.
Wellington's summer weather really feels like more of a rip off than usual.
Fiordland and Southland under states of emergency due to the storm.
Focus Live: Meteorologist Georgina Griffiths explains the weather responsible for the devastating flooding in Fiordland, plus what’s ahead for the rest of the country this Waitangi Day. Video / William Patino Photography / High Country Helicopters / NZTA
MetService Weather National: 4th - 6th February 2020
MetService Weather Wellington: 5th February 2020
MetService Weather Christchurch: 5th February 2020
Torrential rain battered Fiordland causing land slips, injuring and trapping people.
About 100 trampers are being rescued by helicopter from Fiordland today.
Video footage shows large parts of Milford Road have been washed away.
It's getting hot out there: Te Karaka near Gisborne reaches a sweltering 40C.
State of Emergency declared for Fiordland as roads destroyed and tourists trapped. Video / NZTA