15 Dec 2016

A wet Christmas expected for the Cook Islands

4:04 pm on 15 December 2016
Satellite image of the southern Cook Islands Wednesday 14-12-2016.

Satellite image of the southern Cook Islands Wednesday 14-12-2016. Photo: NOAA - Satellite Image

Cook Islanders are being warned by the national met service to listen for weather warnings as the region moves deeper into the cyclone season.

Met director Arona Ngari says a low pressure trough currently affecting the Cooks Islands is expected to continue through until Christmas posing a flood risk to some areas.

Mr Ngari said there was also a possibility of the low becoming a tropical depression and eventually developing into a cyclone.

He urged the public to listen out for and heed any weather warnings

Arona Ngari said CIMS also has a website met.gov.ck that the public can obtain information from as well as a Facebook page @cookislands.meteorological that always has the latest weather updates.