Windy weather 'rips family apart' in Taranaki

BREAKING NEWS: A family is without a warm bed this morning as windy weather fiercly attacks Taranaki.

Reports of damage and numerous injuries began to be reported at around 2am local time especially in New Plymouth where at one home fences came off a nearby farm, hitting windows of homes and causing one family to evacuate. 

"It is a very bad morning, my house is just shaking constantly. We've had to evacuate. Its ripped our family apart" a resident of New Plymouth said. 

Meanwhile near the CBD a tramplolien was flying down a road near the TSB Stadium, thankfully residents of the street have helped to bring that down.

Some school closures will be taking place especially in costal areas and infonews.co.nz will have more infomation when those are released.

We have reports that some roofs have came off homes in New Plymouth.

A severe weather warning which involved gusts of up to 150km/h has been published at metservice.com and meterologists believe that the windy weather wont stop until this afternoon.

For now New Plymouth residents are being warned to stay indoors as much as they can, keep your animals inside, and tie everything up that moves easily. 

infonews.co.nz will be updating this article as more news develops.