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Tornado rips through South Island town as heavy rain warnings ... (New Zealand Herald)

Wild weather has battered parts of central and southern areas of the country overnight.

“Powerlines are down, fire crews [are] responding to the incident. The weather authority said yesterday that a deep low weather system is expected to develop along a front to the east of the lower South Island today - bringing the potential for severe gale southerlies, heavy rain and large southerly waves for eastern parts of the South Island. The wild weather conditions come as MetService warns of heavy rain and severe gales for parts of central and southern New Zealand that is expected to continue through to tomorrow morning. Parts of the Clutha district are without power and there is widespread flooding on roads as wild weather hits the south. Heavy rain warnings have been in effect for parts of Canterbury, Westland, Dunedin, Fiordland, Southland and Clutha. Heavy rain and severe gales have been battering parts of central and southern New Zealand.

Wild conditions lash South Island as high winds down powerlines ... (Newshub)

A Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) spokesperson told Newshub the ute was blown over on State Highway 87 west of Outram in rural Dunedin. Emergency services ...

Floods and slips, reports of small tornado as heavy rain, wind hit ... (Stuff.co.nz)

A main West Coast road has been closed overnight due to a slip and flooding. The main road that travels between Harihari and Ross, State Highway 6, ...

The warning was for 12 hours from noon on Monday. This will mean flooding in various locations around the city.” Sandbags were available from 4.30pm on Monday and contractors cleared drains to reduce surface water. * A strong wind watch was also in place for the Canterbury coast and plains, North Otago and Dunedin, for 24 hours from 7am on Tuesday. A heavy rain warning was also in place for the headwaters of the Canterbury lakes and rivers about and south of Arthur's Pass, where rainfall rates where expected to peak around 25mm to 40mm per hour on the main divide.

Possible tornado as wild weather strikes South Island (1 News)

MetService meteorologist Amy Rossiter told RNZ that a front moved through Westland around 10.30pm on Monday night — causing a possible tornado. "There were some ...

There is potential for severe gale southerlies, heavy rain and large southerly waves for eastern parts of the South Island," MetService said. She says the damage was caused by flying debris from nearby. "This was due to high winds.

Possible tornado rips through Westland as severe weather affects ... (RNZ)

Weather warnings for the South Island as of 11.30am. Photo: Supplied / MetService. Some businesses in Greymouth have been damaged after a possible tornado tore ...

Our severe weather forecasters are still investigating that, but at this stage, it looks like there was a possibility of one." Contractors were on hand to restore it once power was reconnected, and crews were out checking for damage and clearing drains, the council said. In a statement, Clutha District Council said parts of the area were without power after the storm, and the outage would disrupt rural water schemes. Clyde, in Central Otago, is also without power, as are the South Otago townships of Clinton and Owaka. There was also a deep low off the east of the South Island that was driving stronger winds and heavier rain to the Otago and Southland regions. Strong wind and heavy rain warnings have been in place for Dunedin and the eastern Southland coast.

Floods, slips, and a small tornado hit the South Island and more rain ... (Stuff.co.nz)

The West Coast, Otago and Southland took the brunt of power outages and roofs were torn off by a small tornado in a storm that's moving up the country.

In Southland, a large tree was uprooted in Invercargill by strong winds in Queen's Park, where other large trees were recently removed due to their size and age creating a falling risk. The strong rain and wind watches are in place until 3am Wednesday. The road that travels between Harihari and Ross, State Highway 6, is closed with no further detour in place. Now we have no power because the tornado took out a power pole," said manager Ross Brown. South Islanders woke to damage caused by a small tornado, floods, slips and buckets of rain on Tuesday. However, there are no MetService weather warnings in place as of Tuesday afternoon.

Tornado rips through South Island town as wild weather hits (Newstalk ZB)

Heavy rain and severe gales have been battering parts of central and southern New Zealand. Heavy rain warnings have been in effect for parts of Canterbury,

“Powerlines are down, fire crews [are] responding to the incident. The weather authority said yesterday that a deep low weather system is expected to develop along a front to the east of the lower South Island today - bringing the potential for severe gale southerlies, heavy rain and large southerly waves for eastern parts of the South Island. The wild weather conditions come as MetService warns of heavy rain and severe gales for parts of central and southern New Zealand that is expected to continue through to tomorrow morning. Parts of the Clutha district are without power and there is widespread flooding on roads as wild weather hits the south. Heavy rain and severe gales have been battering parts of central and southern New Zealand. Tornado rips through South Island town as wild weather hits

South Island's wild weather cuts power and blocks roads (New Zealand Herald)

Emergency services are responding to fallen trees and surface flooding.

“We don’t anticipate any major issues, but staff and contractors are ready to respond should any issues arise. Matt Alley, group controller for emergency management Otago said: “We have started to see expected impacts from the forecasted weather system this morning. The tree on the corner of Isadore and Middleton Rds was hanging over the footpath and on to the side of the road. Fire crews were kept busy all morning. Parts of the Clutha district are without power and there is widespread flooding on roads as wild weather hits the south. Most of that fell between 6am and 9am.

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