Wild weather - SH1 reopening but residents face devastating scenes at home
NZ Defence Force rescue a Buller resident. Photo / NZ Defence Force
Wild weather - SH1 reopening but residents face devastating scenes at home Sun, 18 Jul 2021, 9:24AM
State Highway 1 in Marlborough is reopening and evacuated residents from three settlements have been told they can return home from lunchtime on Sunday.
But on the other side of the island, West Coast residents face heartache, with flood-ravaged streets and homes.
The Marlborough District Council said State Highway 1, including the Wairau River Bridge, was expected to reopen from midday on Sunday. All evacuated residents from Tuamarina, Spring Creek and the Lower Wairau can return to their homes from midday.
Mike Watson13:27, May 25 2021
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New Plymouth Astronomical Society president Leith Roberston took a photograph of the last total eclipse clearly seen from New Plymouth on January 31 2018, shortly before cloud cover obscured the view.
Taranaki residents will have the chance to spot the first appearance of a super blood moon in 39 years late on Wednesday night. But they will need to be ready as the rare phenomenon will only last for 14 minutes. The region is among a number of areas in the country – mainly on the west coast of both islands – where clear skies are forecast. A super blood moon occurs only when three factors are in combination: a full moon, the Moon being closest to the Earth in its orbit (known as perigee), and there is a total lunar eclipse, National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) meteorologist Ben Noll said.