MetService issued additional weather warnings today for Coromandel and Bay of Plenty, including Rotorua, that are due to expire tomorrow morning. Coromandel can expect 100 to 120mm of rain, in addition to rain which has already accumulated while between 90 and 120mm is expected for Bay of Plenty. The poor weather conditions led to high tide flooding on Auckland’s Northern Motorway, road closures across Northland and Coromandel and left thousands without power. Winds may not have peaked for everyone today with isolated damaging gusts still expected in the #UpperNorthIsland. Ferris said the worst of the weather was expected to hit Auckland, Northland, Coromandel and Gisborne today before starting to ease from tomorrow.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 30, 2023 16:07 UTC