Cyclone Hale has made landfall on the East Coast with gale-force winds, 6m swells on the coast and heavy rain, and has caused flooding, slips and road closures across several regions of the North Island.<\/p>\n
It swept over Northland, Coromandel Peninsula and Great Barrier Island on Tuesday morning, and was forecast to reach Marlborough and the North Canterbury coastline from Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n
A state of local emergency has been declared for Tair\u0101whiti, and MetService said Northland and North Auckland had nearly a month’s worth of rain in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n
The rain was predicted to peak in most areas on Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning, exacerbating flooding in the regions.<\/p>\n
By Tuesday night, MetService Heavy Rain Warnings were still in place for Coromandel Peninsula, Gisborne, Hawke’s Bay, the Tararua Ranges and eastern parts of the Wairarapa. In some cases those warnings were expected to last into Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n
Heavy Rain Watches were in place Tuesday night for parts of Taranaki, the central North Island and Marlborough and Canterbury coasts, and Strong Wind Watches were issued for eastern Taup\u014d, southern Taranaki, coastal Whanganui, Manawat\u016b, Horowhenua, K\u0101piti and Wellington.<\/p>\n
But the rain had eased in Northland and Auckland by Tuesday evening, and Heavy Rain Warnings for those areas were lifted.<\/p>\n
Cyclone Hale was forecast to move off New Zealand to the southeast late on Wednesd<\/p>\n
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SOURCE -RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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