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