Lines down but brighter skies ahead
Wild weather is continuing to cause havoc in the central North Island after more powerlines were brought down overnight. Powerco said about 3500 customers across Manawatu, Taranaki, Rangitikei and the Western Bay of Plenty were without power this morning.
"The severe winds have come through as forecast and caused trees and branches to tear down overhead lines across the country from around 3am this morning," network operations manager Phil Marsh said this morning.
He said the severe weather was forecast to ease later today. "We expect to restore power to the majority of affected customers by the end of the day barring further damage to the network."
Nearly 80,000 households across the area have been affected by weather-related power cuts since Friday.
Further south, predicted snowfall for Southland did not come overnight giving the hard-hit region another day of recovery.
Farm lobby group Federated Farmers said yesterday the spring storm in Southland looked likely to cause the agricultural sector greater economic losses than the Canterbury earthquake. Tens of thousands of lambs had died over the past five days.
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