Luckily for us the weather was not as bad as predicted here. There was a lot of rain and strong wind but the worst of the storm once again hit Coromandel and Auckland where houses are teetering on the edge of cliffs that have been washed away and many homes have been red or yellow stickered.
The Weather Warning and State of Emergency were both lifted this morning. I am glad they were put in place as it could have been very bad. The Far North is so narrow it is always hard to predict where storms will hit.
In the Coromandel many roads are closed because of slips.
Here we have had a lovely sunny day, a complete contrast to yesterday. According to my phone the temperature was 26°C feels like 28°C and to me it felt much hotter. Doug's eldest daughter came to lunch as it was her birthday a few days ago. So my day was spent doing washing which dried beautifully, cooking lunch and doing a little work in the garden - mainly pruning branches broken in the storm. A very productive day. The lawn is starting to dry out and it looks as though the tomatoes have survived.