About this episode
Metservice has issued orange heavy rain warnings for the top of the South Island and the West Coast, with a potential upgrade to red warnings.
Metservice has issued orange heavy rain warnings for the top of the South Island and the West Coast with up to 600 millimetres of rain expected in some areas. There's a chance those orange warnings could be upgraded to red. Metservice meteorologist John Law spoke to Lisa Owen.
People in this episode
Host: Lisa Owen
Guest: John Law
Topics covered
- weather
- heavy rain
- meteorology
- South Island
- warnings
Keywords
- orange warning
- heavy rain
- South Island
- West Coast
- Metservice
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Metservice
Places: South Island, West Coast
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