Cleanup continues after wild winds cause chaos in New Plymouth
Jane Matthews/Stuff Metservice placed a severe weather warning on Taranaki from 4am on Tuesday to 3am Wednesday, expecting southerly gales to reach 120kmh in exposed places. Cash was one of the many specialists still clearing up the mess caused by the gusts, which reached more than 100 kilometres per hour and wrecked havoc on northern and coastal Taranaki, blocking roads and cutting power to hundreds of homes. It was something you “see on TV”, Cash said of the scene, which had blocked the right of way outside the New Plymouth mother's home. SIMON O'CONNOR/Stuff Atawhai Industries 19-yea...
Source: stuff.co.nz