Lightning, thunder, heavy rain: Festival-goers stranded, roads closed as turbulent weather hits NZ
2 Jan, 2021 02:50 AM
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MetService National weather: December 31st - 2nd January.
NZ Herald
Southern roads are starting to disappear under floodwaters as widespread rain and thunderstorms sweep across the country today, and some of the heaviest falls in northern regions are coinciding with holidaymakers travelling home.
Two hundred people are stranded after the rising water of Silverstream cut off the Whare Flat Folk Festival, northwest of Dunedin, today.
Festival organiser Kathryn Olcott said this afternoon that the ford in Silverstream Valley Rd is closed and festival-goers at the site would be unable to leave until tomorrow morning.