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US Ambassador Mike Moore posted on Twitter that Washington DC is now taking a battering.
“The trees in Washington don’t like the wind … and it’s about Wellington windy right now,” he tweeted.
The New Zealand Embassy in Washington has been closed and the country’s consulate in New York is also shut.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade says both diplomatic posts would be closed on Monday and urged New Zealanders in the US to lodge their details with the embassy.