Waitangi Falls

NZ caught the tail end of Cylone Debbie this week and we've had heaps of rain. This waterfall was raging this afternoon, but had subsided lots from earlier in the day. In the video I saw from this morning, the wee cabbage tree in left third of image was almost submerged! See @julzmaioro for other images and a link to the waterfall's usual flow.

[Yao RL]

So much rain and flood, too wet to go out.

[julia]

Wow dropped alot from when I was there... the water was up to half way up that cabbage tree... and the spray was splashing way up ...

[Peter]

Wow now that's some volume of water travelling at high speed, great capture full of drama and movement Dianne:)

[Sam]

It still is gushing an enormous amount of water!

[Poppo Livy]

Debbie has been a bloody big pest. Even you Kiwis are getting a taste of it.

[Sebastian Gritt]

We're at the mercy of the elements.

[Lou Ann]

Debbie was a wild one, wasn't she? We need water but it is always a problem when we get too much, too fast.

[Pat Knowles]

This looks impressive but you will. E ready fir the sun to come out again! Making lots of power with all this water force!

[Lockarec]

The image captures the scene so well, that one can almost imagine one can hear the roar of the water.

[Margo Sayer]

...Meanwhile, in NW France we're in drought. Carwashing, cleaning terraces etc. all forbidden until further notice.

[Cathie]

Very powerful.

[Tony]

The cyclone has been dreadful and the loss of life appalling. Lovely image of that ragging river.

[Marnie]

Oh golly whizz, I read in the paper about how Debbie had hit Auckland, hope you're OK. Parts of Queensland are devastated, both urban and rural.

[Jane Pittenger]

Wow! What a raging river even now

[Taffy]

Great waterfall that captures the power of the running river. Lucky cabbage tree to have survived!

[Issi Bannerman]

WOw. Such a lot of water. Glad you stayed high!

[Dione Giorgio]

Wow, that is some running water. Magnificent to watch its power, but from a distance.

[Valerie Chesney]

What a wonderful capture of this rushing water...

[Margaret Brown]

A lovely capture of some very angry water!

[Pyrrhula]

Beautiful nature shot. Fav.