[youtube]MzOlqdqD3Xc[/youtube] Snowstorm damage in the South IslandStorms responsible for the extreme weather pounding New Zealand this last week have started to lose steam, but the country is “not out of the woods yet,” weather analysts say.
The storms, which battered the North and South Islands, wreaked enormous damage bringing down power lines, uprooting trees, lifting roofs, and leaving tens of thousands of households without power.
Phillip Duncan of WeatherWatch.co.nz said that New Zealand’s weather pattern had been changed by the storm.
“Like an injury to the body the storm last week caused the stormy roaring 40s to swell up over New Zealand,” NZPA reported Duncan as saying. “With that storm now long gone it’s taking a few days for the swelling to come down.”
Stormy weather will continue but it will not be so widely felt, WeatherWatch reported on its website.
Gales were expected Thursday and Friday in exposed areas of the South island and lower North Island, MetService forecaster Andy Downs told NZPA.
Southland and South Otago declared Wednesday a medium-level adverse event region by Agriculture Minister David Carter had cold rain and strong winds forecast for Thursday.
Farmers in lowland areas have been fighting severe weather conditions with the lambing season in full swing and continuing bad weather was expected to put even more stress on livestock, Downs was quoted as saying.
The storms, which battered the North and South Islands, wreaked enormous damage bringing down power lines, uprooting trees, lifting roofs, and leaving tens of thousands of households without power.
Phillip Duncan of WeatherWatch.co.nz said that New Zealand’s weather pattern had been changed by the storm.
“Like an injury to the body the storm last week caused the stormy roaring 40s to swell up over New Zealand,” NZPA reported Duncan as saying. “With that storm now long gone it’s taking a few days for the swelling to come down.”
Stormy weather will continue but it will not be so widely felt, WeatherWatch reported on its website.
Gales were expected Thursday and Friday in exposed areas of the South island and lower North Island, MetService forecaster Andy Downs told NZPA.
Southland and South Otago declared Wednesday a medium-level adverse event region by Agriculture Minister David Carter had cold rain and strong winds forecast for Thursday.
Farmers in lowland areas have been fighting severe weather conditions with the lambing season in full swing and continuing bad weather was expected to put even more stress on livestock, Downs was quoted as saying.
