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STORM: Ex Cyclone Pam is \"intensifying as a mid-latitude cyclone, and is moving southeast away from North Island.\" <\/p>\n
Many Chatham Islands residents are without power as they weather the effects of ex-cyclone Pam. <\/p>\n
Chatham Islands Mayor Alfred Preece said a tree fell on to a power pole at about 2.30pm on Tuesday, affecting one corner of the island. <\/p>\n
A civil defence emergency was declared on the islands, home to about 650 people, on Monday afternoon. <\/p>\n
Power had been restored to the council office and Emergency Operations Centre(EOC) by 3pm but many residents were still affected by the outage. <\/p>\n
The damaged power pole would not be repaired until the storm abated, Preece said. <\/p>\n
\"Certainly in these conditions we are not encouraging people to get out there right now and fix it.\" <\/p>\n
Wind gusts of up to 140kms and heavy rain continue to batter the island. <\/p>\n
\"We're all just hunkering down and hopefully this storm abates in the next 24 hours.\" <\/p>\n
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