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Severe weather in Fiordland – Expert Reaction

Severe weather in Fiordland – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 03 February 202007 February 2020

MetService has issued its first ‘Red warning’ following heavy rain in Fiordland that has damaged roads and left tourists stranded. […]

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2017 a year of extreme weather – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 08 January 201811 April 2018

Niwa has released its annual climate summary for 2017, which it says was a year of weather extremes. While the […]

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MetService considered for BBC weather – Expert reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 25 August 201525 August 2015

The BBC has dropped the UK Met Office as its weather forecasting provider and is considering a subsidiary of the […]

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El Niño and its impacts – Expert reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 13 May 201513 May 2015

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed the Pacific is in an El Niño climate pattern – what does this […]

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Tornado strikes Auckland – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 06 December 201217 December 2012

Update: The MetService has blog has been updated to redefine the weather event as a ‘mircoburst’ rather than a tornado. […]

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