{"id":4676,"date":"2026-04-20T14:04:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T02:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambwellington.esteri.it\/?p=4676"},"modified":"2026-04-20T16:57:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T04:57:27","slug":"severe-weather-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambwellington.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2026\/04\/severe-weather-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe Weather Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The New Zealand Meteorological Service has issued a red-level weather warning<\/strong> for heavy rain on Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 April for the areas of Wellington (excluding Porirua)<\/strong> and Wairarapa<\/strong>. Very intense rainfall is expected, with 100\u2013150 mm<\/strong> on the eastern hills of Wellington and the Hutt Valley, 80\u2013120 mm<\/strong> in Wairarapa, and up to 200\u2013280 mm<\/strong> over mountain ranges and coastal hills. Authorities recommend avoiding flooded areas, refraining from travel, and evacuating quickly if water levels rise, also noting the possibility of power and communications outages.<\/p>\n

A local state of emergency<\/strong> has been declared for \u014chura Ward<\/strong>, in the Manawat\u016b\u2011Whanganui<\/strong> region. Heavy rain is causing significant flooding in parts of the town of \u014chura, in the Ruapehu District, with a risk of potentially life\u2011threatening flooding<\/strong>. Residents in low\u2011lying areas near the Mangaroa Stream and other waterways have been asked to prepare for evacuation.<\/p>\n

The Wellington Region Emergency Management Office<\/strong> is advising people living in low\u2011lying areas, or in locations prone to flooding or landslides\u2014especially those who have experienced such events before\u2014to consider the possibility of temporarily moving to safer areas<\/strong>, given the intensity of the forecast weather and the potential risks in the coming hours.<\/p>\n

Orange warnings<\/strong> for heavy rain and strong winds remain in place for: Tararua District; Kaikoura Coast and surrounding areas; North Canterbury and the Lake Sumner area; Taihape, Whanganui and Manawat\u016b; Hawke\u2019s Bay south of Cape Kidnappers; Horowhenua, K\u0101piti Coast and Porirua; Marlborough Sounds and the area east of Havelock, including the hills north of Spring Creek; Taranaki; Buller, Grey and Westland.<\/p>\n

Extreme caution is advised due to the risk of landslides, flooding and river overflows. Conditions are evolving. To stay updated, please monitor the official MetService website: https:\/\/www.metservice.com\/warnings\/severe-weather-outlook<\/span> and the National Emergency Management Agency website.<\/p>\n

In case of emergency, please contact the Embassy\u2019s emergency number: +64 (0) 27 444 8259<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New Zealand Meteorological Service has issued a red-level weather warning for heavy rain on Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 April for the areas of Wellington (excluding Porirua) and Wairarapa. Very intense rainfall is expected, with 100\u2013150 mm on the eastern hills of Wellington and the Hutt Valley, 80\u2013120 mm in Wairarapa, and up to […]","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambwellington.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambwellington.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambwellington.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambwellington.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambwellington.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4676"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ambwellington.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4690,"href":"https:\/\/ambwellington.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4676\/revisions\/4690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambwellington.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambwellington.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}