State Highway 3 in King Country was closed due to an under-slip on the road on Wednesday afternoon. But many were down to one lane or under stop-go, he added. Thames Valley Civil Defence Controller Garry Towler said there were numerous slips and debris about but they were glad all roads were open. 'We just have to get on with it and manage it the best that we can' - Garry TowlerĬoromandel Civil Defence teams have been out and about on Wednesday morning assessing any damage. State Highway 1 from Auckland to Northland has reopened in both directions. There were a lot of thunderstorms around Taranaki this morning and they had short sharp rainfalls but were over quite quickly, she said.Ī tornado struck South Taranaki early on Wednesday morning ripping off part of the roofs of two houses.īay of Plenty, Northland and Auckland could still see some short sharp showers but it would be nothing like Tuesday, she said.Īuckland commuters struggled to get home during Wednesday's torrential rain with congested roads, cancelled trains and long queues for buses.Īuckland Transport said making sure commuters could get home in an emergency was still a work in progress and it would look to prioritise bus lanes in future. The western North Island including Taranaki down to Kāpiti Coast could expect frequent showers with a north-west changing to south-westerly today which would lead to a temperature drop, she said. It had cleared now and MetService currently did not have any severe weather warnings or watches in place for the North Island, she said.

'And as you've seen across Northland and Auckland and also the Bay of Plenty soils were completely sodden before we got those downpours and torrential rain rates, it was never going to do anything but flood.' 'As expected Bay of Plenty had a rough night, we had multiple thunderstorm warnings there yesterday evening, with 40 to 50 millimetres of rain recorded in just one hour.'Įverywhere across the coastal zone from Tauranga to Ōpōtiki saw downpours of 35mm an hour on Tuesday night, she said. MetService meteorologist Georgia Griffiths said most of the rain eased from Auckland, Northland and right through to Bay of Plenty overnight. More rain still to come, says meteorologist The storms are accompanied by torrential rain. The forecaster has a thunderstorm watch in place for Kāpiti-Horowhenua, Wellington and Marlborough. The MetService said a thunderstorm near the Cook Strait was likely to affect people on both sides. While there is some relief from extreme weather events for the North Island today, in the south there are several heavy snow watches in place for later today. On 27 January, some parts of the city saw 250mm in just 24 hours. Yesterday's rain was not as heavy nor persistent as it was in the January floods, MetService said. MetService said 116mm of rain fell in West Auckland on Tuesday, most of it during the period between 10am and 12pm. Weather warnings for Auckland and Bay of Plenty have expired, but the rain is expected to continue at least until Thursday. MetService forecasts North Island showers, thunderstorms in west The overnight downpours came after heavy rain and thunderstorms battered parts of the North Island on Tuesday.Ī local state of emergency was declared in the country's largest city as flooding quickly occurred once again after heavy storms in January and Cyclone Gabrielle in February. There had been some minor slips that impacted properties, but no one was hurt in those events, he said.Īuckland Emergency Management deputy controller Rachel Kelleher said emergency services had coped well with the storm overnight.Īuckland Council received 39 service requests, two of which were for flooding in houses, she said.įirefighters received 10 calls for help, mainly in the upper North Island, including a vehicle stuck in floodwaters.

'Things are definitely feeling like back to normal this morning' - Fire and Emergency's Brad Mosbyįire and Emergency's on-call commander for Tamaki Makaurau Brad Mosby said they received 300 callouts across Auckland on Wednesday, but only 60 overnight.

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