Road users in Queenstown are warned to watch out for rockfall today, as more heavy rain may have saturated hills.
People were stranded with no way home yesterday due to flood waters and saved by a knight in a shining yellow jetboat.
Overnight rain led to surface flooding and the closure of the One Mile roundabout, blocking the exits to Glenorchy and Fern Hill, leaving many stranded.
The road was closed for several hours and in response, KJet provided a free shuttle between the Main Town Pier and Sunshine Bay Pier to help those needing to get past the flooded area in the afternoon.
Queenstown Ferries also offered free trips from 5.15pm until 6.30pm.
"Watch out for that today along with surface flooding in places."
The council said the road at One Mile roundabout was closed about 12.45pm yesterday.
Contractors worked quickly to remove dirt and debris, clear drains and culverts, and pump water out of the area.
Pedestrians were able to get around the closed area via the Thompson St track.
By about 4pm, crews had stopped water from flowing on to the road. By 4.45pm the road was open but under stop-go traffic management.
The closure had affected the collection of children from Queenstown Primary School, although it was confirmed those that could not be picked up were being looked after.
A witness said there was traffic at the closed area for most of the afternoon and the flood was easily passible on foot. He said it appeared heavy overnight rain had caused run-off to flow down the hill and drag debris to One Mile roundabout.
About 7pm on Tuesday, lightning struck a powerline in Spence St, Lower Shotover, setting a transformer box alight.
The Ferry Bed and Breakfast host and resident Mitzi Cole-Bailey said one of the guests put out the ensuing fire with an extinguisher, which was quickly spreading to the veranda.
"[The building] is 152 years old so it doesn’t take much to set it off It could’ve been much much worse."
Resident Dorothy Arnestedt said she heard an "almighty thunderclap" and saw an "amazing white light" that lit up the whole place.
She found an old phone line port in her wall had caught fire and set a tissue box next to it alight.
Mrs Arnestedt threw the box outside into the rain where the fire fizzled out.
She was told not to use any appliances in her house in case they had also been affected by the lightning.
Six addresses in total lost power in Spence Rd after the lightning strike.
