The lane was expected to be blocked for some time while the vehicle is being removed.<\/p>\n
Motorists were advised to avoid the area where possible and to expect delays.<\/p>\n
MetService has issued orange strong wind warnings for Hawke\u2019s Bay and the lower North Island.<\/p>\n
The warning is in place for 10 hours from 10am to 8pm on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
A tree was blown on to State Highway 2 north of Dannevirke.<\/p>\n
Tararua<\/p>\n
Trees and cabins were already being blown over near Dannevirke and there were reports of roofs being ripped off in Norsewood, where one local described the wind as the worst she\u2019d experienced.<\/p>\n
Tararua District Council said it was \u201cblowing an absolute gale out there\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur crews are already out dealing with fallen trees and debris across the district, so please take extra care on the roads.<\/p>\n
\u201cVisibility and control can change in an instant in wind like this. We\u2019re also receiving reports of roof metal flying around and power lines down.\u201d<\/p>\n
Elisabeth Bayliss owns Snazzy Nailz in Dannevirke, which she runs out of a rented cabin.<\/p>\n
She was woken up on Tuesday morning by her mother-in-law telling her the cabin had blown over.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought she was kidding and she wasn\u2019t,\u201d Bayliss said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything\u2019s just blown over.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bayliss was waiting for the wind to stop blowing so the owner of the cabin could inspect the damage to the structure but said she had lost a lot of equipment and stock.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a tree was blown over on State Highway 2 north of Dannevirke, partially blocking a lane.<\/p>\n
Damage to a roof of a property on the corner of Eric St and Odin St in Norsewood on Tuesday as winds hit. Photo \/ Chrissy Crewther<\/p>\n
A woman house-sitting in Norsewood said she watched the sheeting of a roof blow off a building, leaving debris on the street and fire crews to tie down what was left of it.<\/p>\n
Chrissy Crewther said she looked out the window to see sheeting from an old garage roof on the corner of Eric St and Odin St flying in the air at about 7.45am.<\/p>\n
She said she suspected the iron had cut the power line, which was sparking on the road at the time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI must have heard something crashing and banging … I saw the corrugated iron flying around and that was after it came off the roof.\u201d<\/p>\n
Crewther said at first she thought it was a tornado and she was unable to leave through the front door to get iron away from her car as the wind was so strong.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was no way I could even go out the door, and I thought it was dangerous for me to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lower Norsewood resident Liz Jarman, who has lived in the area for seven years, said the wind was \u201chorrific all night\u201d, during which the fence between her property and the New Zealand Natural Clothing Shop had blown down.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is the worst I\u2019ve experienced here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Central Hawke\u2019s Bay<\/p>\n
In Ashley Clinton in Central Hawke\u2019s Bay, firefighters were battling a fire pit that had reignited in the wind.<\/p>\n
The spokesman said two trucks and two tankers were called to the fire near Mill Rd at about 7.39am on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a big hole with a whole lot of farm stuff in it that is on fire.<\/p>\n
\u201cWind is playing havoc for absolutely everything we are dealing with today.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s coming all the way through Central Hawke\u2019s Bay into the Wairarapa.\u201d<\/p>\n
No injuries had been reported and no structures were in danger.<\/p>\n
As at 9.30am, 410 homes were without power in the central Hawke\u2019s Bay town of Takapau, lines company Centralines\u2019 website said, with another 60 in rural areas of Central Hawke\u2019s Bay also affected.<\/p>\n
By 10.15am, most of the outages had been restored, however other small outages continued to be reported around the region.<\/p>\n
Centralines General Manager Isabelle Crawshaw said all of Tuesday morning\u2019s outages were caused by vegetation or trees on the lines rather than wind blowing over power lines.<\/p>\n
Crawshaw said sporadic outages were likely to continue throughout the day as the wind continued.<\/p>\n
A tree had fallen on to powerlines on P\u014drangahau Rd and caused a power outage that Crawshaw said would last for some time, but she said Centralines crews were working hard to fix all unplanned outages on their network.<\/p>\n
She encouraged people to report power outages in Central Hawke\u2019s Bay to Centralines\u2019 website.<\/p>\n
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