Eastern seaboard to bear the brunt of Tuesday's weather

Published on 08 January 2023

The Coromandel’s eastern seaboard is in for a hammering early next week.

Another ex-tropical system will dump over 230mm of rain in 24hrs with easterly gales and gusts exceeding 110km/hr, impacts will be felt from Monday evening, peaking during Tuesday and passing through by Wednesday afternoon.

Coupled with this, Council's coastal scientists forecast storm surges of up to 30cm or more above the three high tides over this time.

“We are not sugar coating this one, it will hit hard and likely cause coastal damage as well as the usual slips, surface flooding and power outages" says our Civil Defence Controller Garry Towler.

“The main areas of concern are erosion and inundation at Brophy’s and Buffalo beaches in Whitianga, erosion and structure damage across beaches all the way down to Whangamatā”

“Everyone on the Coromandel, especially on the eastern side needs to stay up to date and be somewhere safe by Monday night, ready to ride this out for at least 24hrs.”

An update will be posted at noon on Monday.

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