Cyclone Cook Transforms Quiet Stream Into Raging River

Kiwis were trying to stay dry as Cyclone Cook was about to make landfall the evening of Thursday, April 13.

Wind gusts of up to 150km/h and swells of five metres or more were expected as the cyclone hit the North Island, the weather authority MetService said</a>. Auckland had been spared the worst of the severe weather</a> as the cyclone tracked a little further east.

In this vision, what is normally “a very quiet little stream” was transformed into a fast-moving creek in rural Te Aroha in the Waikato region.