Share ko lang po sa inyo 'tong nabasa ko about the ongoing weather situation in NZ. Just when I thought, being new here in NZ, na normal lang dito ang mga na-experience namin last night and this morning... Aba, national issue na pala.
My experience:
Around 11PM, sumakay na po kami ni partner sa car namin dahil ihahatid niya ako sa office (take note, although walang bubong, napapaligiran ng building ang parking lot na to). While nasa loob ng car, binuksan na ni partner ang makina at medyo nagpapainit lang muna bago kami umalis. Guess what, umaalog ang car namin dahil sa lakas ng hangin! (Imagine feeling an earthquake while inside your car). O sya, yan lang po... sayang di ko maipo-post ang short video clip ng nakuhaan ko kanina - about how strong the wind was this morning (at least dito sa may Mt. Victoria suburb). Take note, northerlies pa lang daw yan and later today, strong southerlies naman daw. Kaya ang lowest forecasted temperature namin today eh 5C, sa CHCH, I think eh, -2C. Check out ang lowest namin tomorrow dito sa Welly: 2C!
Medyo napasarap na po ang kwento ko... Anyway, eto na po ang news:
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Snow blankets the south
source: http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411365/747609
Jun 12, 2006
The snow, which has brought parts of Canterbury to a standstill is expected to clear in most parts by Monday afternoon. South Canterbury is blanketed by as much as 30 centimetres in what could be one of the heaviest snow storms since the big fall of 1992. Falls are down to sea level in Timaru where it has has downed power-lines around. Power outages are reported around Lake Tekapo. The Timaru District Council is urging residents to stay at home.
Council spokesman, Graham Stillwell, says all roads are closed - as are businesses and schools. He says there are trees and powerlines down in some places and due to fluctuating power, people are being advised to conserve electricity and drinking water. Further north, the lines company Orion says about 5,000 of its customers, from Weedons west to the Southern Alps are without power. Several roads are closed in the South Island, including State Highway One between Ashburton and Timaru, State Highway 8 between Timaru and Lake Tekapo and the road between Springfield and Arthurs Pass. In Christchurch, a number of roads are closed in the Port Hills and some bus services have been cancelled. Christchurch Airport is closed.
MetService had issued a heavy snow warning for Canterbury, south of Banks Peninsula and says there's a good chance half a metre of snow will fall in some areas. Bob McDavitt from MetService says the weather is the result of a rapidly deepening low pressure system in the Tasman sea.
In the North Island, severe gales are buffeting areas from Wellington to Northland. Storms force gusts of up to 130 kilometres per hour have been recorded in the capital, lifting roofs and blowing in windows.
A major power outage is affecting the upper North Island, including most of of Auckland. Transpower says it appears the bad weather hitting the country has caused the problem and has staff working to fix it. Trees have come down on State Highway four between Wanganui and Raetihi and the police say contractors are working to clear the debris. Debris on State Highway five north of Napier, has been cleared.
The gales are not due to ease until Monday afternoon when the winds turn southerly. Greymouth cleans up in wake of tornado. A clean up is underway in Greymouth following a small twister and torrential rain on the South Island's West Coast on Sunday. The tornado damaged a number of houses in Marlborough Street on Sunday, peeling back roofs, smashing windows, ripping off a verandah and demolishing a garage.
Rain also caused slips and flooding and washed out the rail line near Stillwater. The tracks are expected to be patched up by Monday morning. Grey District Mayor, Tony Kokshoorn, says several businesses and houses in Runanga were flooded. He says contractors worked into the night clearing rocks and debris off roads.
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