In the last 24 hours we have had lovely blue skies and warm weather in the 20’s, then cat 2 cyclone strength winds, thunderstorms, hail and now having one of the coldest days in April ever recorded (currently 10). I’m sitting here in 3 jumpers and a knee rug freezing. We bought a heater today but that’s not helping much. Yesterday I was sitting on my deck (before the storm) in tshirt and shorts drinking coffee and working in the sun thinking life was bliss.
I’m grateful though. I have power. 1/4 of homes in Auckland are without power at the moment. The wind gauge at manukau heads recorded a wind gust at 213km!!! The sky tower was regularly getting 140’s last night. At times the whole house was shaking like an earthquake.
Further south the storm triggered 2 tornados. Unfortunately, 1 of these went through national park and our neighbours holiday home has been destroyed.
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