ʻO ka ʻinoʻino ka mea i hōʻike ʻia i kahi mokuʻāina o ka pilikia ma kekahi mau wahi o Aotearoa i kēia lā.
ʻO ka ua nui ma ka Mokupuni Hema ua alakaʻi i ka wai kahe, pono e haʻalele i nā poʻe noho mai ko lākou mau home.
I ka wā o kahi kūkā nūhou ma ke ahiahi Poaha, ua hōʻoia ʻo ke Kuhina Hoʻokele a me ka Hoʻōla ʻo Mark Mitchell i kēia manawa aia ʻo Christchurch i kahi kūlana o ka pilikia.
Ua hōʻike ka National Weather Authority, ʻo MetService, ua loaʻa nā ʻāpana o ka ʻāina ʻo Canterbury ma waena o 100 a me 180 mm o ka ua mai ke kakahiaka Poakolu a i ke awakea Poaha, me kekahi mau wahi i ʻoi aku ma mua o ka pālua o ka ua maʻamau o kēlā me kēia mahina i kēia manawa.
Ua hoʻolaha ke kuhina nui o Selwyn i kahi mokuʻāina no ka ʻĀpana ma ka hola 5:39 i kēia lā ma muli o ka piʻi ʻana o nā kahawai a me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo mai ka ʻaha kūkā kūloko. Hoʻohui ʻia, ua hoʻopuka ʻia kahi ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ʻulaʻula no nā makani ma Wellington, e hoʻomaka ana mai ka hola 10 am Poaha a hiki i ka hola 3 am Pōʻalima. ʻO kēia ka hōʻailona mua o ka Red Warning i hoʻopuka ʻia i kēia makahiki, i koho ʻia no nā kūlana ʻino loa i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻokau i ka hopena nui a me ka haunaele.
Ma Wellington, ua hiki mua ka makani makani ma kahi liʻiliʻi o 150 km/h ma nā wahi i hōʻike ʻia a me 118 km/h ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe, me ka manaʻolana o ka makani kiʻekiʻe i ke ahiahi o ka Pōʻalima, hiki ke piʻi i ka makani he 140 km/h. Ua kāpae ʻia nā huakaʻi a pau ma Wellington Airport a hiki i ka hola 6 pm, a ʻōlelo ʻia nā kamaʻāina e pale aku i kahi kokoke i nā puka a me nā puka makani.
"Hoʻopili nā hopena i nā lāʻau i huki ʻia a me nā ʻōpala o ka ea. Manaʻo ʻia nā makani ikaika e hoʻopōʻino nui, e pili ana i nā laina mana a me nā hale, ʻoiai e hana ana i nā kūlana hoʻokele weliweli a me nā pilikia nui i ka halihali, kamaʻilio, a me ka lako mana," wahi a Metservices.
ʻAʻohe mea i hōʻike ʻia no nā poʻe i make ma muli o ka ʻinoʻino i kēia manawa.
