Damaged structures can be seen beside the Tuapeka Mouth road, with one shed down and another, hidden in the trees, smashed by a fallen tree. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY : Photos: Destruction across the South

Matt Cook scoops up a slop of ice cream at his parents' Night 'n Day store in Lawrence on Saturday. The store could not offer any hot food or coffee and had to deal in cash only because of a power outage. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY : Photos: Destruction across the South

Trees lie flattened on the Allan Grange golf club at Clydevale. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY : Photos: Destruction across the South

A power pole is bent at a dramatic angle beside Clutha Valley Rd. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY : Photos: Destruction across the South

A tractor sits under a collapsed roof on Len Geldenhuys' deer farm north of Balclutha. PHOTO: LEN GELDENHUYS : Photos: Destruction across the South

Trees flattened on Otago Peninsula. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH : Photos: Destruction across the South