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>>
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>>
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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>>
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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>>
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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>>
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