High winds are battering parts of New Zealand as a second weather system of the week sweeps through.
Roads are closed in Otago, Wellington, Canterbury and the West Coast, with power outages across the top of the South Island.
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There are red strong wind warnings in place for Wellington, and Wairarapa south of Carterton, Marlborough from Cape Campbell southwards (including the Kaikōura Coast), Canterbury High Country, Christchurch and Canterbury Plains, and coastal parts of Clutha and Southland, also Stewart Island.
Residents are being urged to hunker down, stay home and prepare as red severe wind warnings ramp up. (Source: Supplied/ Canterbury Highway & Weather Information) (Source: 1News)
1News footage taken of Wellington harbour showed waves splashing and boats rocking as severe gales begin to blow. (Source: 1News)
Flooding at Pleasant Flat, at State Highway 6/Haast Pass Highway (Source: NZTA)
A downed powerline in Canterbury. (Source: Supplied)
Preparations near Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown (Source: 1News)
A truck that rolled due to high winds on SH73 west of Springfield (Source: NZTA)
A windsock at Wellington Airport on Oct. 23 (Source: 1News)
A downed tree in Wellington (Source: 1News)
A fallen tree in Upper Hutt (Source: 1News)
A split tree in Oxford, Canterbury (Source: 1News)
Trees being cleared from a highway in Mid Canterbury (Source: 1News)
Roof damage on Somes Crescent in Newlands, Wellington (Source: 1News)
A fallen tree on Korokoro Rd, Lower Hutt (Source: Supplied)
Conditions in Greymouth on Oct. 23 (Source: Merv Ellis)
A tree downed outside the Hocken Museum in Dunedin. (Source: Dave Bull)
A vehicle in the tangle of roots from a fallen tree in Brydone, Southland. (Source: Hayley Clarke)
Two trees came down in the wind across Cathy Cummings’ gate in Ohariu Valley, Wellington. (Source: Cathy Cummings)
