Friday, 23 June 2023, 3:58 pmPress Release: MetService As at 2pm on Friday, MetService’s Gisborne Airport weather station had received 990.7mm so far this year, just 9.1mm less than their average annual rainfall, 999.8mm. With an additional burst of heavy rain on the way this evening, it’s a near certainty...
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A n “unreal” thunderbolt striking the roof of a family home in south London is believed to have sparked a house fire. Fire engines raced to the semi-detached home in Sidmouth Road, Welling as residents fled to safety at 7.40am on Tuesday. Locals say that phone lines in the street...
Hamilton’s Linc is closed this morning in both directions between Upper James and Upper Wentworth for a police investigation after a two-vehicle collision overnight. Traffic will be impacted throughout the Mountain as drivers find alternate routes. Police say the parkway is expected to remain closed for hours this morning. Roads...
Residents moved a home situated on the Diep River floodplain near Parklands North to higher ground. (Photo: Peter Luhanga) Western Cape Disaster Management says Citrusdal is inaccessible due to infrastructural damage. It has asked the SANDF for the use of a helicopter to deliver essentials to the town. Residents in...
City of Cape Town emergency officials responded to affected areas. City of Cape Town/ Twitter Sanral says the Huguenot Tunnel is temporarily closed due to rockfalls and mudslides. The agency called on motorists to consider alternative routes. Gift of the Givers came to the assistance of affected communities. The Huguenot...
The unusual weather patterns that funneled hazardous smoke from Canadian wildfires into Lancaster County last week and left the county with far less rain than usual are unlikely to become a recurring event, according to local experts. “It’s been a crazy start to the summer,” said Kyle Elliott, director of...
OGDEN, Utah — What began as an experiment at a school a couple of years ago soon turned into an empowering opportunity for the students; providing them with a PE credit and a life skill they can practice for years to come. It was the end of the semester for...
Temperatures dropped to a record low this morning. Photo / Alex Robertson Winter has stamped its mark this morning, with a number of areas around the country recording their coldest temperatures of the year so far. MetService confirmed the coldest temperature this morning was at Pūkaki Airport, near Twizel, which...
Getting Ready This year has already shattered weather records in Asia. Now the official start of El Niño is underway, according to the US Climate Prediction Center, and the conditions are projected to intensify in the months ahead. What scares many scientists is that in recent years — even without...
Sky high pollen counts and multiple thunderstorms are raising concerns about the potential impact on allergy and asthma sufferers as the conditions can trigger severe and sudden attacks. Often described as ‘thunderstorm asthma’ medics say lung conditions can drastically worsen when storms collide with warm summer temperatures and high amounts...