Power cuts, Road Closures and Warnings strike the North & BOP again 11th March

[JennyLeez]

Tasman tempest: Power cuts, road closures and warnings as dire weather strikes Auckland, Northland, Coromandel and Bay of Plenty again.
9:43 AM Saturday Mar 11, 2017

KEY POINTS

• A month's worth of rain fell overnight in many places - 130mm in the Coromandel, 97mm in Rotorua and 91mm in Auckland
• Wild weather set to continue through the weekend
• More than 200 calls to fire crews for help overnight as homes flooded across Auckland, Coromandel, Northland and the Bay of Plenty
• Auckland Cup Day races at Ellerslie have been postponed until Thursday, and the Blues curtainraiser is also off.
• Hundreds evacuated from the Sundaise muic Festival in Waihi
• Landslip on Waiheke takes out a garage
• Civil Defences asks people to avoid calling for help if your situation isn't urgent, people warned to stay off the roads
• Several highways and roads closed, with Clevedon practically cut off

MetService have issued severe weather warnings for heavy rain in Northland, Auckland, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, and Northwest Nelson

Hundreds of people are without power in Northland and Auckland including more than 600 in Glen Eden.


Portland Road, Remuera Auckland.

More at nzherald.co.nz & Stuff.co.nz

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11816339

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/90314394/live-hundreds-without-power-as-tasman-tempest-returns

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