Storms and Flood

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

Tropical cyclone 11p (Winston), located approximately 154 nm northwest of Niue, is tracking westward at 05 knots.

Tropical cyclone 13s (Uriah), located approximately 859 nm south-southeast of Diego Garcia, is tracking south-southwestward at 08 knots.

NewsBytes:

New Zealand - Torrential rain and high winds caused overnight havoc in the Nelson region, with flooded homes and roads, felled trees and swollen rivers. Civil Defence said the rain-swollen Wairoa River at Brightwater caused extensive surface flooding, including over State Highway 6 at Brightwater bridge. Police alerted residents in the worst-hit areas, but there were no evacuations. The Tasman District Council said with more than 300mm recorded in the Upper Lee Catchment, the Wairoa River at the Irvines site above Brightwater reached 1300 cubic metre/sec, the second largest flood at this location since recording commenced in 1957. River berms were flooded down much of the lower Waimea River.