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Cyclone Fili: Extreme weather to hit Tairāwhiti, Wairoa

17:14 pm on 12 April 2022

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Extreme weather is forecast to hit Tairāwhiti and Wairoa from tonight, just three weeks after the last severe downpour tore bridges apart and destroyed roads.

Residents are bracing for a trifecta of heavy rain, strong winds and huge swells.

Our reporter Jimmy Ellingham joins us from Gisborne.