Stores were flooded, and hail blanketed streets after a sudden storm hit Central Hawke's Bay. The isolated storm hit just before 5pm, with thunder and lightning cracking overhead as the area was doused with rain and fire services were called out- before the sun emerged around 40 minutes later.
Weather bomb hits Waipukurau
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