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Caravan topples in strong winds BY MICHELLE NELSON MICHELLE.N@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ
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Wild winds whipped across Mid Canterbury yesterday but most people appear to have followed early warnings to batten down. The MetService had forecast wind gusts of up to 160 kilometres an hour and Canterbury Police issued a statement warning motorists to avoid driving or towing high-sided vehicles yesterday afternoon. Emergency services volunteers were kept busy but not run off their feet as was the case two years ago when September gales accompanied by gusts up to 130km/h caused millions of dollars’
worth of damage and ignited fires across the district. Yesterday’s storm did not pack the same punch with wind speeds reaching 78km/h at the Ashburton Airport later in the afternoon. Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade was called to Hinds, where a caravan had been blown over on State Highway One shortly after 3pm. The brigade also attended a shed fire on the Hinds Arundel Road earlier in the day. Methven Volunteer Fire Brigade chief Selwyn Allred said there had been no callouts in his neck of the woods relating to wind damage, but the brigade had been called to Low-
cliffe to assist the Willowby Voluntary Rural Fire Force with a tree which had come down on the roadside. A dust storm obscured visability and caused a bus carrying the Mid Canterbury under 18 rep rugby team to crash into the back of a car just north of the Rakaia Bridge about 3.15pm. The car had rear-ended a van, which had stopped because of dust. The team was returning from tournament. The Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade assisted and no-one was hurt.
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