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Farmers hold flood meeting Federated Farmers Tararua executive and Fonterra held a meeting this morning, after significant flooding occurred in the region yesterday. Winter 2010: Sunny & dry in SW; mild & wet in NE • Rainfall: Very wet in Bay of Plenty, Coromandel, Waikato, parts of Gisborne and northern Hawkes Bay, Marlborough, coastal Canterbury and parts of Otago. Extremely dry in the southwest of the South Island. • Sunshine: Very sunny in the south and ... Rain eases but rivers still high The heavy rain that has affected the lower North Island has eased in the last few hours but river levels are still being monitored by Horizons Regional Council emergency management staff. Rimutuka Hill: Slips Police and other services are dealing with slips on SH 2 the Rimutuka Hill Rd. Please drive to the conditions and have dipped headlights on Flood gates set to open The Moutoa Flood Gates will be opened later this evening or early tomorrow morning to relieve flood flows in the Lower Manawatu River. Rivers monitored as heavy rain fall affects Region Horizons Regional Council is monitoring river levels as heavy rainfall affects parts of the Region. Civil Defence Update Earthquake: Sep 5, 6.00am Emergency Management for Greater Christchurch earthquake: plans needed for bad weather ahead. Residents need to look at their longer term plans and prepare for the emergency to continue into next week at least. Canterbury quake damage put at $2 bln: Key Sept. 4 (BusinessDesk) – Damage from Canterbury’s 7.1 magnitude earthquake has provisionally been put at $2 billion, Prime Minister John Key says. The number came from Treasury and Earthquake Commission estimates. Key said while many people will ... Cloudy, warm, and extremely wet • Rainfall: Extremely wet for most North Island regions, as well as the north and east of the South Island. Double normal August rainfall for Kaitaia, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty and eastern Otago. • Sunshine: Very cloudy for the North Island, ... Climate Outlook Sept-Nov '10: mild La Niña spring A moderate La Niña is well-established in the tropical Pacific, and may strengthen further through the rest of 2010, says the NIWA National Climate Centre. La Niña conditions are likely to continue through the summer of 2010–11. Real-Time Weather Information Launched MEDIA RELEASE 26 August 2010 Coastguard Central Region Launches Real-Time Weather Information Mariners in the greater Wanganui region can now receive the latest marine weather information 24 hours a day by simply turning on their marine VHF radio. Coastguard's ... NZ's Tasman Glacier has cracking good time Millions of tonnes of glacial icebergs are providing a rare spectacle on the Tasman Glacier terminal lake, in New Zealand’s South Island. Massive, historic calving - ‘trip of a lifetime’ Thirty to 50 million tonnes of ice has crashed off the Tasman Glacier Terminal Face in a massive calving that has resulted in at least 20 significant ‘bergs floating in the Tasman Glacier Terminal Lake – adding more drama and spectacle to an already ... Deluged and Drowning: The Pakistan Disaster Much in what happens in political life is often inexplicable. Events often seem to rhyme to the tune of the absurd, egged on by the inexorable march of folly. And so, even as Pakistan is drowning, the attempt to deal with the insurgents continues. ... Detailed inspections to follow heavy rainfall Bay of Plenty Regional Council Rivers and Drainage staff have begun detailed inspections of the river schemes to assess the extent of repair works required following the weekend’s heavy rain event. |
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