A wind gust of 108kph was recorded at Hokitika Airport at the height of the storm that lashed the West Coast overnight. Overall, though, the region got off relatively lightly, apart from localised road closures from fallen trees in Westland, power cuts and the usual flying trampolines. Transpower said high winds near Molesworth Station in Marlborough cut power to North Canterbury, the West Coast and Nelson-Marlborough at 2.44am. Supply was lost as far south as Fox Glacier and right along the Coast, into the Buller Gorge and Westport. In the Upper Buller Gorge, State highway 6 from Eight Mile to Inangahua Junction was closed due to slips and fallen trees.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 08, 2017 01:07 UTC