Chaos in Canterbury New Zealand! Heavy snow buries Homes, Cars at Lake Takapō! Visitors are trapped!

Chaos in Canterbury New Zealand! Heavy snow buries Homes, Cars at Lake Takapō! Visitors are trapped! Lake Takapō and Mount Cook Vil­lage in the Mack­en­zie Basin recor­ded about 25cm of snow over the 12 hours into yes­ter­day morn­ing – cov­er­ing Mt Cook. About 12 vehicles and a large truck crashed on State High­way 8-Fairlie Tekapo High­way about 6 pm Sunday because of icy con­di­tions – one of which went off the road. St Bathans in Cent­ral Otago received 23cm of snow in 24 hours, Met­ser­vice said. New Zealand Snow Season Lake Takapō snowfall Canterbury snow #newzealand #snow #nz #snowstorm