Waves up to 36 feet high hit New Zealand coasts_ displacing people (original) (raw)

Powerful swells reaching up to 11 meters (36 feet) and gale-force winds have battered New Zealand’s Wellington south coast, forcing evacuations, disrupting transport, and prompting a brief state of emergency before conditions eased later in the day, local media reported on Tuesday. Authorities issued a mandatory...read full story

"No major damage has been reported,"