Video / Takuto Matsuda / Angela StephensWinter's last kiss has struck the North Island today - with heavy snow, gales and rain falling in parts of the country usually linked to hot summer holidays. Severe weather warnings - heavy snow and strong windsMetService has issued a number of severe weather warnings and watches around the country. ❄ Snowfall continues overnight and into Monday ❄Snow will spread north across the North Island this evening and into Monday. Heavy snow is forecast for the South Island - and parts of the North Island. • Dyers Pass Rd - closed between the Sign of the Takahe and Governors Bay Rd • • Summit Rd - closed between Gebbies Pass Rd and Dyers Pass Rd.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 08, 2021 18:47 UTC