Yesterday’s severe thunderstorm produced a dramatic funnel cloud, captured here exclusively by Ben Rodriguez.
Ben says the storm was near Darfield, Canterbury.
Thunder from yesterday’s storms went non-stop for 7 hours in some places with thousands of lightning strikes detected by the Christchurch lightning tracker.
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CHDAVIS-NZ on 14/12/2009 9:06pm
AWE-some and AWE again twice (smiles) *thunderous clap* – what an exciting day!!!
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