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RNZ News
10-07-2025
- Climate
- RNZ News
Live: Heavy rain hits Auckland, warnings for top of South
MetService has upgraded a number of heavy rain watches to warning level at the top of the North and South islands. MetService meteorologist Lewis Ferris said there was a moderate to high chance the warnings would be upgraded to the most severe status, red. Follow all the latest updates the our liveblog at the top of this page. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday. MetService weather watches and warnings in place on Thursday. Photo: Screenshot / MetService
South China Morning Post
10-07-2025
- Climate
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong set for widespread heavy rain on Thursday and Friday
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP's journalism by subscribing . New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. Hongkongers should brace for widespread heavy rainfall on Thursday and Friday, the city's weather forecaster has said after issuing an amber rainstorm warning. The signal was raised at 8.35am on Thursday, hours after the Hong Kong Observatory issued a higher-level red rainstorm warning at 11.46pm the previous day. 'Widespread heavy rain may affect Hong Kong in a couple of hours. Members of the public should be on the alert,' the forecaster said. An amber rainstorm warning means heavy rain exceeding 30mm has fallen or is expected to fall in an hour. According to the Observatory's forecast, the remnant of Tropical Cyclone Danas will move southwest across eastern Guangdong and might skirt near Guangzhou.
RNZ News
09-07-2025
- Climate
- RNZ News
More rainfall for Tasman as northerly moves to bring heavy rain for North Island
There are heavy rain watches for Tasman and much of the North Island. Photo: Screengrab / MetService MetService says there's been more rain for the flood-damaged Nelson Tasman district overnight, with more to come. Two heavy rain watches at the top of the South Island cover the Tasman District north of Lake Rotoroa, and Marlborough northwest of the Awatere Valley. MetService meteorologist Mmathapelo Makgabutlane told Morning Report there had been upwards of 50 millimetres of rain in parts of the region in the last 12 hours "Overnight, it was bit of a wet night. Obviously, not quite as wet as we've seen recently certainly," she said. "But in the last 12 hours, in the ranges, but actually most of those areas in Tasman, have seen upwards of 50 millimetres ... and elsewhere, between about 20-40 millimetres. "Definitely quite noticeable numbers that we've seen so far." Makgabutlane said last night was that first wave of the weather expected, and the next big wave was forecasted for Friday, which is moving northerly across the country. She said the difference between this big weather system moving through and the previous one was the speed of it. She expected it to move quite quickly, but while still bringing decent rainfall. On Wednesday, Tasman's deputy mayor said residents should hope for the best but prepare for the worst. The region was recovering from widespread flooding that wrecked homes and farmland. Since the flooding, 15 homes have been yellow stickered and one has been red stickered. They were in the Motueka Valley, Tapawera and Wai-iti. Elsewhere, there are heavy rain watches for much of the North Island. Northland and Auckland are forecasted to be hit earliest, with a heavy rain watch from 6am Friday until 10pm. The Coromandel Peninsula, Waikato and Great Barrier Island can expect heavy rain from 9am Friday until 2am Saturday. There is also a heavy rain watch for Taranaki about and north of the Maunga from 11am tomorrow and it is likely it will be upgraded to an orange warning Thursday morning. MetService is warning of possible streams and rivers rising rapidly as a result of the heavy rain, which could cause surface flooding and slips. A heavy rain watch has also been issued for the Bay of Plenty and Rotorua from 1pm Friday until 5am Saturday. Makgabutlane said other heavy rain watches in the North Island could still be upgraded. She said showers were expected on Saturday, but the bulk of the rain would fall Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
RNZ News
08-07-2025
- Climate
- RNZ News
Tasman heavy rain forecast: hope for the best but prepare for the worst, deputy mayor says
for wednesday morning Flooding in Tasman last week. Photo: RNZ/Mark Papalii Tasman's deputy mayor says residents should hope for the best but prepare for the worst as heavy rain is forecast for Wednesday afternoon. The region is recovering from widespread flooding that wrecked homes and farmland. Since the flooding, 15 homes have been yellow stickered and one has been red stickered. They were in the Motueka Valley, Tapawera and Wai-iti. MetService has issued a heavy rain watch over part of the Tasman District north-west of Motueka running from 1pm Wednesday until 3am Thursday. "It's a little bit of a concern, particularly when local soils are so wet and people are still in recovery mode. A lot of people in the community are starting to feel the weight of the previous flooding which has been quite a burden to some people," deputy mayor Stuart Bryant said. "More rain on top of what we've already had will just exacerbate what's already happened. There'll be soft soils at places where rivers are and we're worried that it'll crumble away into the river and more productive land will be washed away and lost. "The other risk is, of course, silt or gravel coming over your land." He said recovery from the previous flood had been daunting. "Every day there's appeals for people to come and help with tidying up in different areas," he said. "Student Army and lots of groups are stepping up but of course it all takes time to organise and co-ordinate and the clean up's not going to be exceptionally quick, it'll take weeks if not months." Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
RNZ News
07-07-2025
- Climate
- RNZ News
Heavy rain watch issued for part of already flood-damaged Tasman district
MetService has issued a heavy rain watch for the Tasman district north-west of Motueka. The watch covers the period from 1pm on Wednesday until 3am on Thursday. MetService said there was a moderate chance of the watch being upgraded to a warning, and more significant heavy rain was expected on Friday. The region is recovering from widespread flooding that wrecked homes and farmland. Since the flooding, 15 homes have been yellow stickered and one has been red stickered. They were in the Motueka Valley, Tapawera and Wai-iti. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
