Lightning, thunder, heavy rain: Festival-goers stranded, roads closed as turbulent weather hits NZ
Lightning, thunder, heavy rain: Festival-goers stranded, roads closed as turbulent weather hits NZ 2 Jan, 2021 02:50 AM 6 minutes to read MetService National weather: December 31st - 2nd January. NZ Herald Southern roads are starting to disappear under floodwaters as widespread rain and thunderstorms sweep across the country today, and some of the heaviest falls in northern regions are coinciding with holidaymakers travelling home. Two hundred people are stranded after the rising water of Silverstream cut off the Whare Flat Folk Festival, northwest of Dunedin, today. Festival organiser Kathry...