Winter storm looms: Heavy snow and rain forecast across South Island

A 36-hour heavy rain watch is in place as a significant winter storm bears down.

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Travelling from the Algarve to the Douro Valley today, 24 August, we experienced pretty much every kind of weather along the way.

Tropical Storm Moke set to dump more heavy rain on hurricane-stricken Hawaii  Toronto Star

From Wednesday on, the South Island will experience a severe weather event, MetService says.

Moke is expected to produce as much as 25 centimetres of total rain across the Big Island

Met Office weather maps show the return of the wet weather and it doesn't look good for the Bank Holiday weekend

Tropical Storm Moke is passing to the south of Hawaii's Big Island, close enough to dump a foot or more of rain on communities dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Lala

Tropical Storm Moke set to dump more heavy rain on hurricane-stricken Hawaii  AP News

Forecasters expected Moke to produce as much as 10 inches of total rain across the Big Island, and up to 15 inches in some isolated places, enough to cause life-threatening flooding and mudslides for the windward and southeast slopes.

Tropical Storm Moke to dump heavy rain on Hawaii’s Big Island just a week after Hurricane Lala  CNN

Tropical Storm Moke continues to churn in open waters in the Central Pacific, just days after Hurricane Lala left widespread destruction across Hawaii.

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The weekend would end with 'plenty of sunny spells' but rain was expected from Tuesday onwards

Hawaii is still cleaning up from Hurricane Lala, which dumped massive amounts of rain on the islands.

MANILA, Philippines — Heavy rains are expected to affect more areas in Luzon, as well as the western section of Visayas, early next week due to the enhanced southwest monsoon, or habagat, the state weather bureau said Saturday. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration weather specia

It will be sunny and warm to kick off Saturday, but the rainy weather won’t be far behind.

Met Office and BBC Weather forecasters say thunderstorms are on the cards for next week, with flooding also a possibility and as much as 4cm of rain falling

Heavy rain is expected for western areas of the South Island on Saturday, ahead of severe gales, high waves and snow on Sunday.

People in Hawaii are bracing for more heavy rain and winds as they recover from last weekend's hurricane

Tropical Storm Moke is forecast to bring another round of heavy rain, flooding and dangerous surf to Hawaii this weekend.