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Lusi leaves 100 homes powerless

Adriana Weber and Alison King
Rotorua Daily Post·
16 Mar, 2014 07:49 PM2 mins to read

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A fallen tree on a Tauranga Direct Rd property. Photo/Supplied Shaun Morgan

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Cyclone Lusi caused power cuts to about 100 Rotorua homes, but otherwise has left the city relatively unscathed.

Winds of up to 80km/h and heavy rain struck the region on Saturday night, resulting in power cuts, fallen trees and stormwater flooding, but no major damage.

MetService meteorologist Elke Louw said Rotorua was fortunate to escape the worst of the storm, unlike parts of Northland, Auckland and Waikato which saw more than 100mm of rainfall.

Only about 45mm of rain fell in Rotorua throughout the storm, she said.

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"It's still a decent amount of rain, but it did fall over a long period," she said.

"Rotorua was also relatively sheltered from the wind, so the city definitely didn't get the worst of it."

Yesterday the storm had started to ease. Fine spells and a few morning showers were expected for today as Cyclone Lusi was now making its way down the country.

During the storm power was cut to about 100 homes across the Rotorua district.

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Unison customer relations manager Danny Gough said there were many pockets that had suffered power cuts, predominantly in rural areas, and they had usually been able to restore power within two hours.

Thirty Unison staff had been working on restoring power yesterday afternoon.

"We're happy with how the network has performed," Mr Gough said.

"We had plenty of warning and we've got all staff available.

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"We are aware outages have an impact and we appreciate people being patient. Our first priority is our staff and the public's safety. We don't want to put our staff into positions where they could be compromised."

He said the power cuts were due to wind related damage to power lines.

There had been power cuts to properties at Lake Rotoma, Lake Rotoiti, Lake Okataina, Hamurana, Reporoa, Koutu and parts of Ngongotaha.

Koutu resident Kylie Murray said power surged at her Taharangi St property in the early hours of Sunday morning.

"I was still awake and all of a sudden I heard this 'pop, pop, pop' and saw about nine lightbulbs blow out, one by one," she said.

"It was a bit scary really, like something you see in a horror movie."

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