MetService is warning of another front making its way up the South Island’s West Coast which could bring further watersprouts. We started filming it, then it started heading straight to our place and it got pretty scary,” Meaclem said. “Then I yelled for everyone to get inside because we didn’t want to be there when it touched landfall.”A waterspout hit Awatuna. The property, the Awatuna Sunset Lodge, an adults-only retreat, is located 10 minutes north of Hokitika and 20 minutes south of Greymouth. “There is another front making its way up the West Coast, and a risk of thunderstorms associated with it,” O’Connor said.

Source: Stuff January 14, 2024 08:50 UTC