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Live weather: Chilly blast brings strong winds and snow to South Island

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Live weather: Chilly blast brings strong winds and snow to South Island
RNZ
RNZ24 mins ago
Live weather: Chilly blast brings strong winds and snow to South Island
"It’s probably the heaviest snow I’ve been in, it just came down so fast."
NZ Herald
NZ Herald1 hrs ago
Dunedin snow: State Highway 87 closed as vehicles become stuck
Road snow warnings cover southern routes as winds could gust to 120km/h.
Stuff
Stuff🏁 first to report2 hrs ago
Snow falling in Dunedin closes highway as freezing weather hits the lower South Island
After flooding, evacuations, slips and road closures caused havoc across the country, another blast of wild weather is bringing snow, hail, thunderstorms and potentially damaging winds.
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