Gisborne weather

A heavy rain band sitting over the North Island today. Image: MetService. UPDATED 10.18AM: A severe weather warning issued for the Bay of Plenty and Coromandel ...

Slips and floodwaters are likely to disrupt travel, some roads may become impassable possibly isolating communities, and power outages are also likely. Orange Warnings for heavy rain and watches are in effect for northern and eastern parts of the North Island from Northland and Auckland down to Bay of Plenty and Hawke’s Bay south of the Wairoa District, says the MetService. “People in these areas can expect dangerous river conditions and significant flooding.

Tairāwhiti Civil Defence is warning East Coasters of torrential rain and strong winds, with MetService issuing a 'red' weather warning for the Gisborne and ...

Heavy rain is still expected to pour down on Gisborne and Wairoa today until the early hours of tomorrow, causing dangerous river conditions and significant ...

Staff from others councils had also been brought in and were ready to help out. Saturation was a major concern for the flood-stricken area. "For me I think the bigger issue will be the wind. People needed to be aware they may lose their power, and trees and landslides already impacted from the end of March weather event could now be further compromised, he warned in a Facebook post. Flooding had already hit Ruatoria and the weather system was working its way south. "So it's actually a bit of a stand-back-and-wait sort of attitude, whereby you wait for the rain to pass and damage to be done and then we just go out and clear culverts and assess the damage." "But the really heaviest rain is going to sort of get going during the overnight period and into [this] morning and even [this] afternoon is when we're expecting the heaviest rain in places like Gisborne." He farms sheep and beef about 50km west of Gisborne and on Tuesday had his chainsaw ready to cut up trees and the fork is on his tractor ready to clear the roads. Wairoa's red heavy rain warning is in place until 4am tomorrow. Thames Coromandel was over the worst of the weather and all roads were open and ready to welcome holidaymakers in for Easter and the school holidays. Harris said the contractors continued to be on standby because they were not out of the woods yet and there was more rain coming. Warnings and watches have been lifted across parts of the North Island as Cyclone Fili tracks to the east, but the red rain warning remains in place for Gisborne and Wairoa, which are set to get drenched.

The highest level of weather warning — a Red warning — was issued late this morning for the Gisborne and Wairoa districts, with severe weather forecast from ...

For Wairoa, from 1am Wednesday to 4am Thursday, 250 to 350mm of rain can be expected, with peak rates of 15 to 25mm an hour, but 35 to 50mm an hour are possible in localised downpours late tomorrow afternoon and evening. The sea wind is forecast to reach 45 knots or over 80kmh north of Gisborne, with the direction of wind and sea changing from north to south as the deep low travels over East Cape. The highest level of weather warning — a Red warning — was issued late this morning for the Gisborne and Wairoa districts, with severe weather forecast from approaching ex-tropical storm Fili.

Locals are concerned back-to-back storms may cause power outages and cut off roads, as rain linked to Cyclone Fili worsens north of Gisborne.

Our local reporters continue to press for answers and accountability, but the way we fund this work is changing. That is a bit less than three weeks ago, but this is a really short and sharp event so we won't know really until the rain really hits," Macdonald said. The Te Reinga bridge was closed due to damage and is unlikely to reopen for at least six months. If these issues matter to you, please become a Stuff supporter and help power our Hawke's Bay newsroom. There's no way the ground will be able to soak up the 300mm rain we're probably going to get," he said. Instead of the 40 minutes it used to take." "The only other way into Wairoa is by an winding narrow unsealed road. “This is the last thing we needed here. This is going to be bad,” he said. "We are keeping an eye on the rivers, obviously. “In my rain gauge, between 9pm and 8am this morning, there was 90mm. The rain is "absolutely bucketing down" in Ruatoria and local Graeme Atkins believed predictions around the severity of the storm would turn out to be "bang on".

Heavy rain warnings are in place for North Island coastal areas today - including Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne and Hawke's Bay - as the remnants of.

Saturation was a major concern for the flood-stricken area. He farms sheep and beef about 50km west of Gisborne and on Tuesday had his chainsaw ready to cut up trees and the fork is on his tractor ready to clear the roads. Heavy rain is also expected in Bay of Plenty with MetService forecasting up to 120mm of rain mainly on Wednesday afternoon and evening. MetService has put an orange level wind warning out for Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay and southeast Taupo, including parts of the Desert Road with gusts of up to 120km/h forecast in most places, but gusts of up to 140km/h likely east of Whakatāne. MetService has issued a red level rain warning for Gisborne and the Wairoa District with up to 300mm of rain expected to accumulate by Wednesday afternoon. A red, heavy-rain alert has been issued for Gisborne until 10pm Wednesday, with up to 300mm of rain expected - in some areas around 60mm/h of rain had fallen in the past few hours.

People in Gisborne and Hawke's Bay are gearing up for a day of heavy rain as former Cyclone Fili bears down on the country.

"All the hillsides and the rivers have had a lot of water. "Because the ground is so wet it is losing the ability to support those big trees and so there will be some lodgings, some trees getting simply blown over from the weight of the wind." "Where the danger is is when it gets deeper into the soil and the slips occur, it makes a mess of some of the waterways and some fences but most farmers have got pretty good mitigations in place. "People need to keep up to date with the forecasts, try and stay off the roads today ... it really is about hunkering down and being very aware of your surroundings," Macdonald said. "If we get a lot of rain they'll come and the roads are all open and so be it in some places one-laned but we've got everything open but we're still not there yet, (there's) a lot of work to be done." Little said Civil Defence was doing a lot of work behind the scenes and he urged residents to stock up with food and stay up-to-date with the latest information. "It really is about hunkering down and being very aware of your surroundings" - Hawke's Bay Civil Defence emergency management controller Ian Macdonald "What the land does and the roads I guess will be the immediate obvious concern just really how fragile the state of the rural and state highway networks are. "Really this just adds to that compounding aspect of work" - Gisborne Civil Defence manager Ben Green A team of volunteers met early this morning to plan for the day ahead, and Green says they will report damage or incidents to Civil Defence as they happen. "The saturation for a lot of our region is probably the more critical point for us, so rain getting to intensities not even reaching warning levels is not a helpful thing in terms of what recovery requires." MetService has issued a red level rain warning for Gisborne and the Wairoa District with up to 350mm of rain expected to accumulate by this afternoon.

Several roads in the Gisborne region have closed as heavy rain continues to fall. State Highway 35 between Hicks bay and Te Aroha has closed due to flooding ...

Staff from others councils had also been brought in and were ready to help out. Saturation was a major concern for the flood-stricken area. People needed to be aware they may lose their power, and trees and landslides already impacted from the end of March weather event could now be further compromised, he warned in a Facebook post. "For me I think the bigger issue will be the wind. Flooding had already hit Ruatoria and the weather system was working its way south. Wairoa's red heavy rain warning is in place until 4am tomorrow. "But the really heaviest rain is going to sort of get going during the overnight period and into [this] morning and even [this] afternoon is when we're expecting the heaviest rain in places like Gisborne." Thames Coromandel was over the worst of the weather and all roads were open and ready to welcome holidaymakers in for Easter and the school holidays. More and some of the heaviest rain is still to fall in the east of the country, with Gisborne and Wairoa likely to get its worst soaking later today. "A lot of places are still going to see the heaviest and most persistent rain in the latter parts of today being Wednesday." There was still potential for 100 to 150mm of rain with between 25mm and 40mm of rain forecast to fall within an hour in both Gisborne and Wairoa. Up until 11am there had been 120mm of rain around northern parts of Gisborne and 25mm in Gisborne city and there was still a lot more to come.

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency says about 15km of the highway between Wharekahika/Hicks Bay and Te Araroa is now closed.

A swathe of weather watches and warnings are also in place for the rest of the North Island. "With the worst of the weather expected later this afternoon and into the night, combined with high tide around 3pm, further road closures are likely," NZTA national journey manager Helen Harris said. The NZTA says there has also been surface flooding around Hiruharama Straight and north of Tokomaru Bay.