The washed out approached to Speechlys Bridge on State Highway 79 between Geraldine and Fairlie. (February 21, 2018)
Photos from around the country showing the extent of the damage from Gita.
Boatsheds damaged in Titahi Bay, Porirua, north of Wellington.Winds whipping up a big swell at Port Taranaki, in New Plymouth. Julie Thomas evaluates what to save from her garage first at her Riwaka home.Riwaka, in the Tasman district, was one of the worst hit on Tuesday.Cameron Noble, his wife Andrea and Oscar, 11 months fled their Riwaka after heavy rain brought floods.Flooding at Kaikoura's Hawthorne Rd Bridge.Sisters Maisie, 8, (left) and Ruby Lovelock, 12, enjoy a few moments before evacuating their Christchurch home alongside the Heathcote River on Tuesday.Craig Duffield leans into the heavy wind on New Plymouth's Coastal Walkway on Tuesday afternoon. Rocks and water from the Papatea Stream block the road in Marlborough.Drivers in 4WDs pass through floodwaters on in Riwaka after heavy rain from ex tropical cyclone Gita flooded parts of the area.Morse St in the Wairau Valley, Marlborough completely flooded after ex-Cyclone Gita.Tata Beach in Golden Bay on Wednesday morning.Hector, north of Westport, the morning after ex-cyclone Gita.Titahi Bay Fishing Club and boat sheds were damaged on Tuesday night.Morse St, in the Wairau Valley.Boats sheds and the fishing club at Titahi Bay, north of Wellington, were hit hard by ex-tropical Cyclone Gita. People were up early to start the cleanup.Boats sheds and the fishing club at Titahi Bay, north of Wellington, were hit hard by ex-tropical Cyclone Gita. People were up early to start the cleanup.The first slip on the Riwaka side of the Takaka Hill Road is cleared by Fulton Hogan contractors after the storm caused by former tropical cyclone Gita. Steve Thomas on the phone to his insurance company after his rental accommodation at Riwaka was flooded during the storm.Temuka River has overflowed, casuing flooding in the Manse Bridge area. Temuka River has overflowed, causing flooding. The washed out approached to Speechlys Bridge on State Highway 79 between Geraldine and Fairlie. Cleaning up in Morse Street, Wairau Valley.Xanthe Hammond on a trampoline in Morse St, Wairau Valley, after cyclone Gita.Massive swells from ex-cyclone Gita has smashed into beloved boat sheds in Titahi Bay, Wellington.
