Tag: thunderstorms
Heavy rain, thunderstorms spark local emergency in Auckland
RNZ News
A state of local emergency has been declared in Aotearoa New Zealand's largest city Auckland today as heavy rain and thunderstorms affect the...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Tornado hits Waihi Beach amid more wild weather in...
RNZ News
A tornado has torn through New Zealand's Bay of Plenty settlement of Waihi Beach ripping roofs off houses and cutting power to nearly...
Auckland floods a future sign – city needs stormwater systems fit...
ANALYSIS: By James Renwick, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
The extraordinary flood event Auckland experienced on the night of January 27, the...
Auckland thunderstorm: Furore over unsent Civil Defence warning texts
RNZ News
Minister for Emergency Management Kieran McAnulty has asked for communication on support after the severe thunderstorm in Auckland to be stepped up.
It comes...
Nick Rockel: When the public’s important at election time, but not...
COMMENTARY: By Nick Rockel in Tāmaki Makaurau
The weather is all over the show, the storm water system clearly hopelessly inadequate, the house prices are...
