The only problem indoors was where the strong winds had driven some rain under the front door so a rug was removed and the front door left open to air everything.
A load of washing went out and dried in no time.
The lawn is still a bit squelchy but drying nicely and a neighbour helped me get the branch that fell from the park behind us off our fence and out to the park. We have been tidying up plants that got battered. Nothing major which is amazing considering the force of the wind.
The cyclone has moved south and, unfortunately, the news from Hawkes Bay is terrible. The town of Wairoa is under water and completely cut off in both directions. They have one day's supply of food and two of water.
People have been rescued from rooftops by helicopter (60 from one building). With the Nationwide Emergency being declared the Armed Forces have been mobilised and ships are sailing from Auckland with water and other supplies.
Closer to home Doug's granddaughter and her husband still have no power (or they didn't an hour ago) but they have finally managed to obtain a generator to milk their cows. Doug's daughter went on her mail run today but didn't get far as the roads were impassable due to slips and flooding.
There are thousands of people without power and cellphone coverage and now I see there was an earthquake a few minutes ago near Wellington.
My brother finally got power this morning. They were well prepared thankfully.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't seen the flooding in Wairoa . That's an incredible photo.
Glad to hear you came out of it ok
Good that they have power back on. Wairoa, Gisborne, Napier, Hastings all seem badly hit. The Cyclone reached them much later than us. Everywhere is a mess.
DeleteWe are so relieved that there has been so little damage where we are apart from wind damage. Apparently Cambridge lost a LOT of trees. Glad you are all ok
ReplyDeleteThat's good but a shame about Cambridge. It had so many lovely trees.
ReplyDeleteWe saw some horrendous film on the news. I hope it's all over now.
ReplyDeleteMost of the bad weather is now over but the clean up and rebuilding could take years.
DeleteIt seems you got away lightly with little or no damage, I feel for those especially in Gisborne and Napier who got hit the hardest.
ReplyDeleteIt is just shocking to see the devastation. Here it appears to be mainly trees, power lines, communication and roading. Goodness knows when S.H.1 will be back.
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