🌀 Cyclone Uesi may approach the South Island on Sunday-Monday 🌀 Some heavy rainfall could occur in the western and lower South Island with an increased chance for showers/thunderstorms in other parts of the country throughout next week, including some of the parched areas. We'll have a livestream on Friday discussing where the rain is most likely to fall. >Ben | NIWA Weather

Remember this, WA? 🌪️😮 Ex-Tropical Cyclone Zelia (Cat 5) hammered the State’s top end earlier this year, dumping record rainfall and unleashing destructive winds up to 218 km/h (an Australian record!). Parts of the Pilbara copped more than 500mm of rain, rivers rose to their highest levels in over two decades, and floodwaters cut off highways and isolated communities for days. A confronting reminder of how quickly lives and communities can be turned upside down when the northern wet season rol

WEATHER UPDATE [12.00pm WST]: Tropical Cyclone Wallace formed off the WA coast in the early hours of this morning 🌀 It's the eighth cyclone to form in the Australian region this season. It is expected to intensify to severe category 3 strength late on Sunday or during Monday, but because it's likely to remain offshore as it tracks west, there are no areas currently in a cyclone watch or warning area. If the system does take a more southerly track than expected, there may be some impacts for par