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21/2/18: Hundreds Of Callouts For Fire And
Emergency
Overall, Fire and Emergency received 1302 calls from midday yesterday to 6’oclock this morning, with a large proportion of those calls being weather-related...
Local states of emergency are still in place for Taranaki, Christchurch City, Buller, Grey, Selwyn, Westland, and Nelson and Tasman districts. More>>
'It
Was Literally Like A Wall Of Water'
About 6000
people are still trapped in Golden Bay as rain caused slips,
and the Takaka River, flowing at 980 cubic metres per
second, flooded onto pastures. More>>
17/2/18: Metservice Forecasts Gita To
Impact New Zealand - Be Prepared
Cyclone Gita is expected to approach New Zealand from the northwest. There remains some uncertainty with regards to the speed and track of Gita, but the passage of this system across New Zealand on Tuesday and Wednesday is likely to bring a period of highly impactful severe weather.
People should be aware
of the potential for coastal inundation, especially where
high waves,low atmospheric pressure and strong onshore winds
come together ... More>>
14/2/18: 70% Of Tonga Population Affected In
Wake Of Cyclone Gita
The full scale of destruction
is beginning to emerge from Tonga in the aftermath of the
severe tropical cyclone Gita. Around 50,000 people, or
almost 70% of the country’s population, have been
affected, a third of whom are children. More>>
11/2/18: Samoas
Clean Up After Being Swamped By Cyclone
Apia in
the wake of Gita Photo: Rudy Bartley The clean up is
continuing in the two Samoas after Tropical Cyclone Gita hit
on Saturday morning. More>>