Gary Towler: Coromandel-Thames Civil Defence says the region has up to 36 hours of the storm left

The cyclone has given the battered Coromandel Peninsula another whack — with more on the way.

Crews are working to clear widespread damage to the roads, with a lot of land unstable.

There have also been power outages.

Coromandel-Thames Civil Defence Gary Towler says that the region probably has up to 36 hours left of the storm to ride out.

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