A woman has died after she was trapped by a falling tree during “freakishly” high winds in a storm. Emergency services rushed to Victoria Square Gardens in Cambridge at 10am on Friday to reports of a person under a fallen tree. MIKE MATHER/Stuff Richard and Trixie Millett parked their campervan next to the giant oak tree moments after it had fallen down. Firefighters did “amazing work” to lift the stump off the trapped woman,” Trixie Millett said. Meanwhile, a severe thunderstorm watch was issued for Waikato by MetService on Friday morning.

Source: Stuff May 20, 2022 14:16 UTC