
A vehicle drives through flood waters during a downpour in Lincoln at the Selwyn District in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand’s South Island on May 1, 2025. Sanka Vidanagama/AFP via Getty Images
After devastating gale-force winds struck on Tuesday, bringing down power lines and trees, overturning vehicles, blowing pedestrians into the path of oncoming traffic, and killing one person hit by a falling branch, New Zealand is facing another day of potentially deadly storms.
Fallen trees and flooding closed roads across the country, while many flights and ferries were cancelled or delayed.
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