More wet weather is forecast for Auckland on Tuesday. Photo / File
More wet weather is forecast for Auckland on Tuesday. Photo / File
It's been a wet, grey and humid start to lockdown for Aucklanders and there is more rain on the cards for the region today.
Northland, which was lashed with wild weather that closed schools, damaged powerlines and turned an Air New Zealand plane around, will also see more rain today.
But by Wednesday the wild weather will start to ease, Metservice forecaster Cam Coutts said.
Auckland saw between 15-83mm of rain yesterday, with the Northern part of the area getting the heaviest falls.
But that was nothing compared to what Northland saw, with some parts seeing up to 150mm of rain, Coutts said.
Kaeo School and Whangaroa College were closed yesterday as heavy rains prevented school buses from being able to complete their morning run.
Kaeo School principal Paul Barker said the school had closed yesterday due to the heavy rain. Photo / File
Whangaruru School in Punaruku was also forced to close its doors yesterday as safety concerns prevented the local bus from navigating floodwaters along Russell Rd.
Further south homes and businesses in Taipuha and Waiotira faced unplanned power outages due to broken power lines.
And an Air New Zealand flight to Whangārei was forced to turn back to Auckland due to the bad weather yesterday afternoon.
Various Metservice weather warnings have been in place for much of the North Island so far this week.
Last night, a warning issued for the Bay of Plenty told residents to expect 100 to 130mm of rain to accumulate and peak wind rates of 10 to 20km/h, including this morning.
A heavy rain warning in Hawke's Bay said the heavy rainfall rates that were to ease overnight would return by this morning.
