Metservice warns the worst is yet to come as South Canterbury prepares for heavy rain, strong windsDOUG FIELD/STUFF Daryll Pyke of Pykes Auto Court with a new pump he bought in preparation for extensive rain. DOUG FIELD/STUFF Graeme Henderson from Fulton Hogan puts a sand barricade around Pyke Auto Court in preparation for extensive rain. MYTCHALL BRANSGROVE/STUFF The Tin Shed owner Leslie Limbe at her property in Rangitata which was hit by extensive flooding in July last year. South Canterbury would see strong winds, but the worst of the winds would hit Banks Peninsula and north of there, he said. Sports fields closedAll sports fields in the Timaru District were unavailable for play until further notice.

Source: Stuff February 19, 2018 19:41 UTC