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Wind: Large number of events in Auckland, Waikato, BoP
Information for news media from the New Zealand Fire
Service Northern Communications Centre [1:31pm] Note to
reporters: The following information has been provided by
email as we will be unable to respond to news media calls
while we despatch resources to this emergency. Please do
not telephone for more details. This is all the information
we have at this time.
Event:
Large number of weather events in Auckland, Waikato
and Bay of Plenty Regions due to high winds. Since 11
o'clock this morning, the New Zealand Fire Service has
attended forty-three incidents across the Auckland region,
fifteen incidents in the Waikato region, and eleven
incidents in the Bay of Plenty
region.
Resources being used:
Thirteen appliances are currently in attendance at incidents
over the Auckland Region, four appliances are at incidents
in the Waikato region and nine appliances are at incidents
in the Bay of Plenty region.
Next update: To be confirmed
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