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The strong winds that battered Auckland overnight tore legendary sailor Sir Peter Blake’s former yacht Archangel off its mooring. It was among a raft of damaged to the city after fierce gusts of up to 139km/h were recorded in Auckland overnight, sending trees toppling, container ships tumbling and damaging numerous powerlines across the city. The […]
The wild weather that has battered the South Island’s West Coast is tracking north – bringing rain and possible thunderstorms to the North Island. A “red warning” has been issued for Buller and Westland – as heavy rain caused flooding, slips, major road closures, evacuations and left people trapped on the roofs of their cars […]
The polar blast has arrived in New Zealand with force, causing flight cancellations, halting ferries and closing roads. MetService has forecast possible heavy snow and severe winds for both the North and South Islands, as the cold air mass from the Antarctic ice shelf settles over the country. Bitterly cold conditions are expected across most […]
You could be forgiven for thinking a Silver Fern Farms employee was telling porkies with his tale of a late-night, main street encounter with a wild boar. But Carwyn Macaulay can back up his story with footage of the animal, taken in Balclutha early today. Macaulay, who works at the Finegand works near Balclutha as […]
Auckland is bracing for one of its worst downpours in years, as the North Island prepares for a tumultuous day of thunderstorms and 100km/h wind gusts. The North Island is under a swathe of heavy rain warnings and watches, stretching from Taranaki across to Coromandel Peninsula. Some mountainous regions have been warned to prepare for […]
Barclay Dodge has worked in fine-dining kitchens all over the world, but there’s just something special about Colorado. Maybe it’s the wild, untamed forests that Dodge loves to explore on his days off from Bosq, the Aspen restaurant he owns with his wife, Molly. Bosq’s menu is full of edible treasures that Dodge brings back […]
The Cameron Peak fire topped 102,596 acres, or 160 square miles, overnight Monday, though fire crews expect snowfall and colder weather will limit the fire’s spread. One inch of snow fell overnight, fire officials said in a Facebook post Tuesday morning, as an early winter storm transformed large swaths of Colorado from searing heat to […]