Hundreds of people in New Zealand were ev.
Residents in New Zealand have begun a major clean-up operation after being hit by a powerful cyclone which caused rivers to burst their banks, bringing widespread flooding, landslides, road closures and power outages.
(JAlan Gibson/New Zealand Herald via AP).
New Zealand Civil Defence have asked Kiwis to stay off the roads if they can and not take any chances today, Good Friday, in the wake of the worst of ex-tropical Cyclone Cook.
It soaked New Zealand cities like Wellington and Auckland and caused the entire town of Edgecumbe to be evacuated. Hundreds of people in New Zealand were evacuated from some coastal areas.
More than 250 homes in coastal town Ohope have been evacuated, while the military has placed 500 troops on standby.
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Earlier in the day, the city prepared for the worst with gridlock on Auckland motorways as people sought to head off for Easter for the before the storm hit, while others were packing supermarkets buying up supplies. National airline Air New Zealand warned of "significant disruption" from the weather with many flights likely to be delayed or cancelled.
Meanwhile, authorities advised homeowners on the Coromandel Peninsula to evacuate to higher ground, as large waves were expected to batter the coast.
Severe weather warnings are in place for much of the country and Sarah Stuart-Black, director of the Ministry of Civil Defence, said the latest tropical storm was "extremely serious".
"We are now experiencing widespread outages across our network regions as the wild weather wreaks havoc on the network", power company Unison, which provides power to Hawke's Bay said on Thursday evening.
Many people have been unable to return to their homes since then and authorities have been scrambling to shore up the breached levee.
The storm moved south overnight on Thursday and was expected near the capital, Wellington, early Friday, causing more problems along the way but also losing some of its punch. It could cause heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surge in several areas of the island, with the risk of floods.
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