Wellington Airport

2022 - 7 - 21

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Live: All flights in and out of Wellington cancelled, multiple roads ... (New Zealand Herald)

A spokesperson from Wellington Airport confirmed to the Herald that high winds are making it unsafe for baggage handlers to operate.

There are also snowfall warnings on the Desert Rd and the Remutaka Hill Range, with the Desert Rd getting 2 to 3cm of snow near the summit. Nalder says the conditions are nasty and it's "not a day to be out on the water". Almost all ferry sailings have been cancelled because of high swells with forecasts of up to 7 metres, and the Wellington City Council is warning people to be aware of the flood risk as the day goes on. "The first objective is getting the road clear, and then working with the owner of the yacht as it's sustained quite a bit of damage." A yacht has also been smashed against a seawall in Lowry Bay, and Nalder told the Herald people are working to remove its mast, as it's blocking the road. The road was closed between Mercer and Boulcott St because of concern over the stability of a window in a building.

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Wild Wellington weather grounds flights, closes roads (1 News)

Parts of the lower North Island are being hit by heavy rain and strong winds.

Many of these warnings and others are in place for parts of the North and South islands. MetService has issued an orange heavy rain warning for the Wairarapa and an orange strong wind warning for Wellington and Wairarapa. It has since been stabilised.

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All Wellington Airport flights cancelled as travel chaos continues (Stuff.co.nz)

All flights in and out of Wellington have been cancelled until further notice as the storm is making it “unsafe for baggage handlers to operate”.

And those articles are free. “Heavy rain may cause streams and rivers to rise rapidly. As of 11.30am, more than 25 flights set to travel in and out of Auckland on Thursday were shown as ‘cancelled’ on the flight board.

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Live updates: Bad weather hits Wellington region with huge waves ... (RNZ)

All flights in and out of Wellington have been cancelled until further notice due to the bad weather, with today's ferry sailings also cancelled.

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Storms lash NZ capital Wellington (The West Australian)

High winds have closed Wellington Airport, with fierce southerlies battering the New Zealand capital.

Cancel anytime. Cancel anytime.

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Wellington.Scoop » Gales close Wellington Airport; waves close ... (Wellington Scoop)

All flights in and out of Wellington Airport have been cancelled today because of the gale force winds. The NZ Herald quoted a spokesperson for the airport as ...

Then at midday Marine Drive and Seaview Drive were closed at the Gracefield intersection. — Oriental Bay (@OrientalBayNZ)July 20, 2022 — southcoasting in aotearoa (@southcoasting)July 20, 2022 — Abbey Wakefield (@Beywake)July 21, 2022 The Hutt City Council said they were likely to stay closed till 5pm. — Georgina Campbell (@GeorgeKCampbell)July 21, 2022

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Flights, ferries cancelled as wild weather hits Wellington (Otago Daily Times)

Wellington Airport says high winds are making it unsafe for baggage handlers to operate and MetService says gusts of up to 120kmh have been recorded there today ...

But before you go just check that the road and route you're taking is open." "That is likely to cause some surface flooding and possible slips in that part of the region," Holmes said. "Likewise it's likely to affect Wellington harbour in a similar way - we're expecting an increase of between 10 and 20cm of water in the harbour during the course of the next day or so." Despite that, the size of the waves meant that people were encouraged to stay away from the coastal area, Holmes said. "The good news is that the highest waves, the seven metre waves, are not expected to coincide with high tide and that's likely to be around midnight or the early hours of the morning. The large swells have lead to the cancellation of ferry sailings across the Cook Strait with Interislander cancelling its 11am and 2.15pm sailings from Picton, as well as the 8.30pm sailing from Wellington.

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Flights, ferries cancelled as wild weather hits Wellington (Otago Daily Times)

Wellington Airport says high winds are making it unsafe for baggage handlers to operate and MetService says gusts of up to 120kmh have been recorded there today ...

But before you go just check that the road and route you're taking is open." "That is likely to cause some surface flooding and possible slips in that part of the region," Holmes said. "Likewise it's likely to affect Wellington harbour in a similar way - we're expecting an increase of between 10 and 20cm of water in the harbour during the course of the next day or so." "The good news is that the highest waves, the seven metre waves, are not expected to coincide with high tide and that's likely to be around midnight or the early hours of the morning. Despite that, the size of the waves meant that people were encouraged to stay away from the coastal area, Holmes said. Regional manager Jeremy Holmes said 5m waves were expected from later this afternoon and they would increase to 7m waves early this evening.By tomorrow morning the waves were expected to have dropped back to about 4m, he said.

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