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'Massive
amounts of debris' - Aucklanders flee wild winds
Some
Aucklanders fled their homes last night as winds equivalent to a
cyclone toppled trees and flung debris through the air.
RNZ,
11
April, 2018
The
city was pummelled
last night by a vicious storm with
winds gusting up to 150km/h.
In
Auckland, Mangere had gusts of more than 100km/h for three
consecutive hours between 8pm and 11pm, which Niwa said was a
magnitude typical of a category 1 cyclone intensity.
MetService
said one gust was observed at 213km/h.
Severe gales hit Auckland, widespread gusts of 120km/h + 1 observation of 213km/h. To be prepared check warnings bit.ly/SWWarnings (issued Mon am) and Severe Weather Outlook bit.ly/SWOutlook (issued Fri) + social media. The importance of being prepared! ^TA
Trees
were toppled across the city and more than 100,000 homes lost power.
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In
Glen Eden, a trampoline flew from a backyard to eventually land on a
fence across the road.
Nancy
Holland and her husband fled their Titirangi home, scared that
surrounding kauri trees would fall on them.
They
stepped out into a wild night.
"Lots
of lightning far off in the distance. Debris, I could hear it on the
roof just falling, things just falling, so we just went 'oh, we'll
leave'.
"Yeah,
a huge amount of debris and power lines down near where we are and
massive amounts of debris all across the road."
A
west Auckland woman whose neighbour's trampoline ended up in front of
her house said the winds last night were terrifying.
Sereima
Vakasoqo says after the power at her home went out at 9pm, she and
her husband saw a large round object rolling around the front gate.
After
investigating further they realised it was a trampoline from her
neighbour's backyard.
"They
looked at the trampoline rolling around their house, and after a
while when another strong with came it just blew out of their gate,
came across the road.
"All
the cars were waiting, just, it was so terrifying to hear that
storm."
Nathan
Palairet had a hair-raising ride across the harbour bridge on his
motorbike.
"You're
riding along at about 30km an hour, with your hazards on, in the slow
lane, getting blown from one side to the other, crossing over the
line.
"It
was terrifying. The cars were going about 50km an hour and I was like
'nah, I'm going slower than that, I can't, I don't feel safe'."
Auckland
Airport suspended flights last night as debris was blown across the
runway.
This
passenger was bound for Auckland but her plane had to turn back to
Napier.
"I
was horrified, it was scary," she said.
"The
man next door to me was very calm ... helped keep me calm so that was
good, because I stopped breathing."
Auckland
Airport said its main runway had been reopened this morning.
More
than 100,000 people were without power in Auckland overnight as
140km/h winds tore through the city, bringing down several large
trees.
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