A campervan reportedly blown off State Highway 5 by a gust on Saturday morning. Photo / Triden Antonio Kingi Harris-bushPolice and highway authorities were early this afternoon warning motorists to delay trips on State Highway 5 between Napier and Taupo after a series of incidents caused by high winds. A rider was also reported to have been blown off a motorbike and branches had fallen from trees on the highway north of the Mohaka River Bridge. A Te Haroto resident driving home spotted the campervan down a bank at Windy Gap on Saturday morning. The incidents happened as a storm hitting the North Island started moving into the Hawke's Bay region.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 17, 2021 01:07 UTC