Severe gales, lightning, rain hitMetService MetService Severe Weather WarningHigh winds have toppled a truck and trailer and brought a tree down on a car in Canterbury, as stormy conditions hitting parts of the country bring severe gales, thousands of lightning strikes, heavy rain and high temperatures. ^TA pic.twitter.com/aZ7EPPTprJ — MetService (@MetService) September 24, 201726,000 LIGHTNING STRIKESThunderstorms across the west of the South Island sparked around 26,000 lightning strikes in 12 hours. A noisy night for some of you in the South Island," MetService said. About 5am Monday, the heaviest rain recorded was 56mm over the past six hours in Milford Sound, Zacher said. Wellington is forecast to have rain with severe gale northwesterlies, as are Nelson and Marlborough, although the severe gales are only expected in the Sounds.

Source: Stuff September 24, 2017 17:12 UTC