New Zealand has felt the sting of tropical Cyclone Lusi as gales and heavy rain has hit the country over the weekend.
Strong winds gusting to 120km/h blew over the north part of New Zealand and then slowly moved south over the weekend.
Strong winds in Northland meant that power to 2000 homes was cut for several hours while in Christchurch around 7000 houses lost power.
Stormwater blockages from debris and persistent rainfall were causing isolated surface flooding as the storm moved south. However, there were no significant flooding issues.
WeatherWatch.co.nz expert Philip Duncan said the storm was a category 1 storm with sustained gales near the centre and gusts over 100km/h.
The terrain of New Zealand was helping boost those wind speeds further in some exposed parts of Northland.
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10 Responses
wow that was quite the storm, but why did they call it lusi
Wellington didn’t feel the cyclone because Wellington is mostly windy so it felt like a normal day for Wellington. But cities upper north felt the cyclone strongly.
Wow! that must of been big for auckland.
I wonder how many people had black out
cool luckly it didn’t hit Auckland very badly
I did not know it hit Auckland
Lucky I am not living there!
That is why people started
Stocking up !!!
I feel really bad for the people who are hurt by the cyclon.
I hope that the huge storm didn’t hurt people but it probably would of frighten them
Scary! ? ☔️⛈