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Election day weather turns sour with lightning, heavy rain and thunderstorms
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What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. RNZ is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 6 Nov 2026, 22:02 UTC. The headline in use is “Election day weather turns sour with lightning, heavy rain and thunderstorms”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Overnight, MetService recorded nearly 2000 lightning strikes throughout the top of the North Island, as well as heavy rainfall.
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Story timeline
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- First reported by RNZ
Election day weather turns sour with lightning, heavy rain and thunderstorms
Reported by 1 outlet
- RNZ