Slips close highway as rain batters West Coast
Slips have closed a stretch of highway on the West Coast and power is out to some people as heavy rain lasting several days hits the region.
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Slips have closed a stretch of highway on the West Coast and power is out to some people as heavy rain lasting several days hits the region.
2023 was one of NZ's hottest on record, but far from the wettest, while Whakatāne and Nelson have lost their crown as the country's sunniest spots.
2023 was one of NZ's hottest on record, but far from the wettest, while Whakatāne and Nelson have lost their crown as the country's sunniest spots.
Bejon Haswell/Stuff Timaru experienced drier than average conditions in 2020, according to the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research’s annual climate survey. (File photo) A warm, dry year for South Canterbury, including one record-breaking day in winter, has also come with a warning from a leading scientist who says climate change will lead to drier conditions and more extreme weather events. Data included in the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research’s (Niwa) annual climate summary, released on Tuesday, shows Timaru had a mean temperature of 11 degrees Celsi...