As wild weather lashes the South Island today, nature has displayed her awesome power with a terrifying display atop a popular ski field. strong winds battered parts of the South, bringing down trees and prompting warnings for motorists. The strong northwesterlies precede a cold front which hit the South Island from the Tasman Sea last night, and is moving northeast across the South Island today. A MetService spokesman said the front should bring heavy rain to western parts of the South Island and severe gale northwesterlies to exposed parts in the east. However, on the other side of the South Island, temperatures are expected to reach 20C and orange warnings for severe gales have been issued.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 24, 2021 21:56 UTC