Wild weather is lashing central New Zealand, with power outages, road warnings and more severe conditions forecast later this week.
New Zealand
19 mins ago
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Severe weather strikes the South Island and part of the lower North Island, in what MetService calls a precursor to a "potentially more impactful" system later this week.
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MetService has issued some orange-level weather warnings for the coming week as a humid northwest flow moves across the country.
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