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Cyclone Vaianu: MetService Issues Red Warnings, States of Emergency Declared Across North Island
MetService has placed Coromandel Peninsula, Bay of Plenty and Great Barrier Island under rare Red strong-wind warnings as former Cyclone Vaianu moves south over New Zealand. Local states of emergency are in force in Hawke's Bay, Whakatane and Waikato, with coastal evacuations already underway.