Prolonged strong W - SW winds starting 3 Oct

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Re: Prolonged strong W - SW winds starting 3 Oct

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Worse overnight and this morning here.
David wrote:Nothing out of the ordinary here, maximum gust 55 km/h. Saturday was windier.
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Re: Prolonged strong W - SW winds starting 3 Oct

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Just a few of this mornings headlines…
Not everyone's cup of tea - Nelson Mail
A woman was having a cup of tea in bed when a violent gust of wind ripped the roof off half of her house yesterday morning.

Avocado growers assess damage - SunLive
Avocado Industry Council Chairman Ashby Whitehead says it was too dangerous to venture into many orchards yesterday and there would have been no fruit picked, despite the fact the harvest season is well underway.

Theatre storm was real - Otago Daily Times
Passengers screamed as an Air New Zealand plane abandoned its landing into Queenstown yesterday.

Powerful winds cause mayhem - Dominion Post
The lower North Island is expected to cop more of the same brutal weather that has already knocked over trucks, crippled trains, toppled trees and cut power to more than 9000 homes.
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