Social media was abuzz with photos and footage of the spectacular thunder and lightning storm that hit Tairāwhiti on Wednesday night, including this shot above the Town Clock, taken by Jason Clayton.
Social media was abuzz with photos and footage of the spectacular thunder and lightning storm that hit Tairāwhiti on Wednesday night, including this shot above the Town Clock, taken by Jason Clayton.
Gisborne was hit by one of the longest-running thunderstorms seen here for some time on Wednesday night.
Lightning flashes and rolling thunder lasted on and off for close to two hours.
The electrical storm started after 8pm and was still going strong across parts of the district after 10pm.
“There were more than 17,000 lightning strikes recorded over land in the North Island Wednesday night,” the MetService reported.
“The lightning network recorded around 33,000 lightning strikes in the New Zealand coastal region, which goes out roughly 60 nautical miles from the coast.”
