Insurance claims totalled $45.9 million.

States of Emergency were declared in the Buller district, and Dunedin.

MetService SEVERE WEATHER WARNING 8:13 pm Wednesday 31-Jan-2018. Major storm expected to hit the South Island with significant heavy rain and strong winds for much of the South Island, also for the lower parts of the North Island. A front is moving across the lower South Island this evening. A major storm (former Tropical Cyclone Fehi) is approaching from the north tonight, and it is forecast to cross the South Island during Thursday. It should then move away to the southeast on Friday. This storm will bring significant heavy rain and possible damaging winds to much of the South Island and parts of the lower North Island from late Wednesday to early Friday.

MetService SEVERE WEATHER WARNING Issued by MetService at 9:27 pm Thursday 01-Feb-2018 Heavy rain for the west coast of the South Island and central parts of the North Island easing Friday morning. Severe gales for much of the country have eased. A major storm (former Tropical Cyclone Fehi) affecting the country is weakening overnight tonight and Friday morning, meanwhile its associated front move east across the North Island. This storm and front should bring further periods of heavy rain to the northwest of the South Island and the central areas of the North Island till Friday morning.

MetService SEVERE WEATHER WARNING 10:14 am Friday 02-Feb-2018 Heavy rain for the west coast of the South Island and central parts of the North Island has now eased

Dozens of homes in low-lying areas such as Ngakawau, Hector and Granity were evacuated.

Strong winds and falling trees closed State Highway 6 between Haast and Makarora, and Westport and Rapahoe.

Properties at Granity were inundated with seawater, and some residents evacuated to Westport.

Parts of Westport were also inundated with seawater, and some houses and a high school were evacuated.

Nine palliative and aged care patients were evacuated from the Dunsford Aged Residential Care ward at Westport Hospital.

The combination of a very low pressure system, king high tides and high winds drove a lot of water and storm surge into the head of Tasman Bay and parts of Golden Bay

Civil Defence centres were set up at Collingwood Area School, Hill's Community Church at Mapua, and the Honest Lawyer at Monaco. About 20 to 30 people self-evacuated from Collingwood, Mapua and Ruby Bay, and people had also been evacuated from Monaco.

In Golden Bay, gale force winds caused trees to topple on roads and the high tide inundated many coastal areas.

Surface flooding caused problems around Dunedin city streets and in Mosgiel.

Evacuation centres were set up in South Dunedin and Mosgiel, but they were later closed due to lack of demand.

There was extensive surface flooding on local roads around the Central Otago District. There were also a number of slips and rock falls on SH8 between Clyde and Cromwell and SH6 between Cromwell and Queenstown.

Power was cut to 3000 homes in the Wellington region because of weather-related issues

The strong winds whipped up waves that flooded highways and damaged sea walls in the region.

Torrential rain caused surface flooding in many parts of Wellington, including the CBD, Seatoun, Khandallah, Mt Victoria, Brooklyn, Karori and Tawa. The Wellington Railway Station passenger underpass and interchange also flooded, as did the Ngauranga railway station subway.