Extreme Weather

A DigitalNZ Story by National Library of New Zealand Topics

A wild weather forecast can tell you if weather bombs, floods, cyclones, heatwaves, storms, tornados, hurricanes, and blizzards are headed your way. Explore these wild weather concepts and how to get an emergency survival kit ready. SCIS no. 1846911

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Extreme weather

Weather: Extreme weather

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Extreme Weather in Te Awamutu

Tornado in Te Awamutu

Extreme Weather in Te Awamutu

Te Awamutu Online

Year of extreme weather

2011 a year of weather extremes

Radio New Zealand

Image: Record-setting US blizzard

Blizzard

Record-setting US blizzard

Radio New Zealand

Image: Metservice under fire for weather warnings

Metservice under fire

Metservice under fire for weather warnings

Radio New Zealand

Image: Hail damage

Hail damage

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Flash flood

Floods: The Kōpuawhara flash flood, 1938

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Drought tool

New drought tool launched

Radio New Zealand

Image: Emergency survival kit

Emergency survival kit

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Civil defence

Civil defence: Evolution of organised civil defence

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Steve Vavrus - Climatologist

Climatologist

Steve Vavrus - Climatologist

Radio New Zealand

Image: Wellington weather

Wellington weather

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Storm at Wellington Heads

Storm at Wellington Heads

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Moonshine floods

Moonshine floods

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: What is a Meteorologist?

Meteorologists

What is a Meteorologist?

NIWA

Image: Photographs of March 2005 tornado damage, West Coast

Tornado in Greymouth

Photographs of March 2005 tornado damage, West Coast

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Karori school, Wellington, damaged by Wahine storm

Cyclone Giselle

Karori school, Wellington, damaged by Wahine storm

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: A RUSSIAN BLIZZARD. (Clutha Leader 18-1-1901)

Russian blizzard

A RUSSIAN BLIZZARD. (Clutha Leader 18-1-1901)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: TERRIFIC STORM. (Taranaki Daily News 17-9-1912)

Terrific storm

TERRIFIC STORM. (Taranaki Daily News 17-9-1912)

National Library of New Zealand

Winter storms

Services to Schools

Extreme weather

Services to Schools

Coldest temperatures

Services to Schools

Wildfires

Services to Schools

Hurricane Katrina

Services to Schools

Drought

Services to Schools

Hurricanes

Services to Schools

Tornadoes

Services to Schools

Lightning

Services to Schools

Tāwhirimātea

Services to Schools

El Nino and Le Nina

Services to Schools

Wild weather

Services to Schools

El Niño and La Niña

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Storms Ngā āwhā

Services to Schools

EPIC

Services to Schools

Wild weather

Services to Schools