Storm II

Dramatic cloud over Auckland

Storm moving into Auckland

Cloud over Ashburton

Te Aroha - thousands of trees uprooted

Whangarei Falls

Kerikeri

Karangahake Gorge Waihi

After a fabulously hot and dry summer, we are into our second storm in one week. This one is sweeping throughout the country. It has claimed one life and another missing in a flash flood in the Bay of Islands.

We have had tornados in Mt Maunganui, snow in Wellington and torrential rain and gale force winds throughout the North Island. The storm is now heading into the South Island.

Auckland has missed the worst of it with the exception of West Auckland where a lot of trees and power lines were down and flood waters made some areas inaccessible. Several staff members posted photos of the damage in their areas on the intranet on Monday morning. Power in West Auckland was off from about lunchtime on Saturday until 8pm on Sunday night.