Flooding hits Queenstown, rain set to batter upper North Island
Heavy rain and flooding are impacting parts of New Zealand, with Queenstown residents recently evacuated and new weather warnings issued for the upper North Island. Authorities are advising caution as a low-pressure system moves across the country.
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Extreme weather events are increasingly disrupting local infrastructure and public safety, requiring coordinated emergency responses.
<p>A series of new rain watches are in place for the upper North Island as a front that brought rain and snow to the south slowly moves over the country. </p> <p>A period of heavy rain is expected for Northland, Auckland, the Coromandel and Bay of Plenty tomorrow.</p> <p>Heavy rain watches are in place for Northland, Auckland, Great Barrier Island, the Coromandel Peninsula and Bay of Plenty about, west, and east of the Rangitaiki River. </p> <p>The Ranges of the Buller district were still under an orange rain warning. </p> <p>Strong wind watches were issued for Wairarapa south of Masterton, Wellington, the Marlborough Sounds, and the Canterbury High Country.</p> <p>MetService head of weather news Heather Keats told Breakfast a low-pressure system would move over the North Island tomorrow.
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