Dunedin weather

A main West Coast road has been closed overnight due to a slip and flooding. The main road that travels between Harihari and Ross, State Highway 6, ...

The warning was for 12 hours from noon on Monday. This will mean flooding in various locations around the city.” Sandbags were available from 4.30pm on Monday and contractors cleared drains to reduce surface water. * A strong wind watch was also in place for the Canterbury coast and plains, North Otago and Dunedin, for 24 hours from 7am on Tuesday. A heavy rain warning was also in place for the headwaters of the Canterbury lakes and rivers about and south of Arthur's Pass, where rainfall rates where expected to peak around 25mm to 40mm per hour on the main divide.

Heavy rain and severe gales have been battering parts of central and southern New Zealand. Heavy rain warnings have been in effect for parts of Canterbury,

“Powerlines are down, fire crews [are] responding to the incident. The weather authority said yesterday that a deep low weather system is expected to develop along a front to the east of the lower South Island today - bringing the potential for severe gale southerlies, heavy rain and large southerly waves for eastern parts of the South Island. The wild weather conditions come as MetService warns of heavy rain and severe gales for parts of central and southern New Zealand that is expected to continue through to tomorrow morning. Parts of the Clutha district are without power and there is widespread flooding on roads as wild weather hits the south. Heavy rain and severe gales have been battering parts of central and southern New Zealand. Tornado rips through South Island town as wild weather hits

MetService meteorologist Amy Rossiter told RNZ that a front moved through Westland around 10.30pm on Monday night — causing a possible tornado. "There were some ...

There is potential for severe gale southerlies, heavy rain and large southerly waves for eastern parts of the South Island," MetService said. She says the damage was caused by flying debris from nearby. "This was due to high winds.

Weather warnings for the South Island as of 11.30am. Photo: Supplied / MetService. Some businesses in Greymouth have been damaged after a possible tornado tore ...

Our severe weather forecasters are still investigating that, but at this stage, it looks like there was a possibility of one." Contractors were on hand to restore it once power was reconnected, and crews were out checking for damage and clearing drains, the council said. In a statement, Clutha District Council said parts of the area were without power after the storm, and the outage would disrupt rural water schemes. Clyde, in Central Otago, is also without power, as are the South Otago townships of Clinton and Owaka. There was also a deep low off the east of the South Island that was driving stronger winds and heavier rain to the Otago and Southland regions. Strong wind and heavy rain warnings have been in place for Dunedin and the eastern Southland coast.

Mayor of Dunedin Jules Radich is thanking the public, as well as DCC staff and contractors, for their response to this morning's wild weather.

There was steady demand for sandbags at pick-up locations in South Dunedin and Mosgiel, which are now closing. People who collected sandbags are welcome to use the sand on their gardens or however they see fit, as the sand has not been contaminated, Mr West says. “In particular, I want to thank those who have worked long hours – both yesterday and through the night – to make sure our city’s infrastructure was ready, sandbags were available and people had a welfare centre to go to if needed.

The West Coast, Otago and Southland took the brunt of power outages and roofs were torn off by a small tornado in a storm that's moving up the country.

In Southland, a large tree was uprooted in Invercargill by strong winds in Queen's Park, where other large trees were recently removed due to their size and age creating a falling risk. The strong rain and wind watches are in place until 3am Wednesday. The road that travels between Harihari and Ross, State Highway 6, is closed with no further detour in place. Now we have no power because the tornado took out a power pole," said manager Ross Brown. South Islanders woke to damage caused by a small tornado, floods, slips and buckets of rain on Tuesday. However, there are no MetService weather warnings in place as of Tuesday afternoon.

High winds, heavy rain and a tornado have caused power outages, flooding and damage in the south.

High winds, heavy rain and a tornado have caused power outages, flooding and damage in the south.