FARED QUITE WELL.

The rainfall gauge a couple of kilometers from here recorded 132.5 mm of rain yesterday.  Our lawn is very boggy and underwater in places but we have fared pretty well.  As I expected the foxgloves have been battered but will, hopefully, recover.   Some smaller plants have been broken off and the bananas look the worse for wear but, once things clear and I can get out and do some pruning things will not be too bad.

A French citizen was rescued off a yacht which got into difficulties yesterday off Cape Reinga in winds of 120 km/h.  Because of the high winds and, mainly, trees down there are a lot of power outages across the region.  Luckily, living in town we do not, usually get these.  

I see below that the rain warning has finished but there is a new rain watch in place for heavy rain until 8 a.m. tomorrow.  At least it looks better later in the week.  It is also more than twice as hot as it was yesterday.

UPDATE: It is 2.45 p.m. and is hosing down. We will need Noah and his arc if it goes on like this.