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The 2023 southern New Zealand floods were caused by heavy rain that struck the southern part of New Zealand's South Island on 21 September 2023. This storm caused flooding in several places across the Southland and Otago regions including Gore and Queenstown. 100 homes were evacuated in Queenstown and Tuatapere's water treatment plant was damaged.
Three flood warnings and more than 30 alerts are in place across England and Scotland as the country’s cold snap has finally come to an end.. As temperatures move above 0C and return to double ...
A flash flood warning (SAME code: FFW) is a severe weather warning product of the National Weather Service that is issued by national weather forecasting agencies throughout the world to alert the public that a flash flood is imminent or occurring in the warned area.
A flood warning is closely linked to the task of flood forecasting.The distinction between the two is that the outcome of flood forecasting is a set of forecast time-profiles of channel flows or river levels at various locations, while "flood warning" is the task of making use of these forecasts to make decisions about whether warnings of floods should be issued to the general public or ...
More than 100 flood warnings are in force across England and more rain, sleet and snow are on the way, risking further disruption. The Environment Agency has urged people to remain vigilant over ...
A Flash Flood Warning is issued when a flash flood is imminent or occurring. If you are in a flood prone area move immediately to high ground. A flash flood is a sudden violent flood that can take ...
That same day, the MetService retained a red warning in North Otago, Dunedin and coastal Clutha, with rain rates of 8 to 15mm/h forecast for those areas. [4] While the red warning in parts of Otago had initially been extended until 11pm on 4 October, MetSevice subsequently downgraded this warning to a yellow heavy rain watch until 9am on 5 October.
Get the Queenstown, Otago local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.