The dregs of Cyclone Lola are continuing to soak the upper North Island with MetService heavy rain warnings being extended until Tuesday evening.
Warnings are in force for Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, Te Tai Rāwhiti, and the Hawke's Bay ranges, with 53 millimetres falling at the Pinnacles in Coromandel on Monday night.
Heavy bands of rain are sitting over the lower parts of Northland and Coromandel Tuesday morning, which will shift to the eastern Bay of Plenty and Tairāwhiti Tuesday afternoon.
MetService meteorologist John Law spoke to Corin Dann.
