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Queens Drive, central Lower Hutt: Heavy rain has been falling, on 18 April, 2026, causing flooding in some places, and more rain is expected.
Caption:Cars drive on a wet road in the rain, in Lower Hutt city centre.Photo credit:RNZ/ Mark Papalii
The flooding, on 18 January, 2026, is really bad in the Helena Bay - Ōakura area of Northland, the woman who captured this image said.
People look on as law enforcement and volunteers continue to search for missing people near Camp Mystic, the site of where at least 20 girls went missing after flash flooding in Hunt, Texas, on July 5, 2025. Rescuers were on Saturday searching for more than 20 girls missing from a riverside summer camp in the US state of Texas, after torrential rains caused devastating flooding that killed at least 27 people — with more rain on the way. “So far, we’ve evacuated over 850 uninjured people, eight injured people and have recovered 27 deceased fatalities at this time. Of these 27, 18 are adults, nine are children,” said Kerr Country Sheriff Larry Leitha on July 5. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)
Snow by the Vulcan Hotel in St Bathans on Thursday.
A heavy rain warning has been issued for the Coromandel Peninsula from 8am to 8pm, as well as the Bay of Plenty, west of Kawerau, from 2pm to 3am on Thursday, as a low over the Tasman Sea moves closer to New Zealand.
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Yucca plants blown by strong wind during a hurricane in Otago South Island New Zealand
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Santana Minerals chief executive Damian Spring said they would be consulting with locals throughout the process.
The 32-year-old was a co-host of a podcast that had last posted an episode on the day of the murder. (YouTube)
A soldier looks through binoculars during combat exercises and training of the navy of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the waters around the Taiwan Island, 5 August, 2022. T