Severe winds, gusting to gale-force at times, and heavy rain made for a miserable day across the Whanganui region yesterday.
The winds gusted up top 90 km/h bringing torrential rain and some brief hailstorms.
Coupled with huge waves they were all part of a winter weather smorgasbord Mother Nature delivered, including some thunderstorms later in the afternoon.
Those west and northwest winds brought down power lines on No 3 Line between Wakefield St and Kaimatira Rd cutting power to more than 60 homes in the suburb for about two hours.
And the high winds caused some high voltage lines to cross on Papaiti Rd cutting power to more than a 100 homes.