A number of schools and day cares across the Coromandel will be closed today due to the bad weather caused by Cyclone Pam.

This morning the Met Service has downgraded Pam to an intense extra tropical cyclone which is expected to maintain its intensity or intensify slightly as it moves south-southeast.

A number of schools across the Coromandel will be closed today due to the bad weather. Photo: File

The following schools and day cares are closed today.

• Coromandel Area School
• Coroglen School
• Goldfields School (Paeroa)
• Hikuai School
• Kuaotunu Steiner KindergartenEyre St Kindy, Whitianga
• Mercury Bay Area School
• Tairua LIttle Nippers kindy
• Thames Coast Community kindy
• Te Puru School
• Te Rerenga Primary
• Opoutere School
• Whangamata Area School
• Whenuakite School