School evacuated and flooding causes road closures throughout Banks Peninsula
Hi neighbours,
Severe flooding is now affecting Akaroa on Canterbury’s Banks Peninsula after more rain has fallen in the last two days than it has so far this year.
The worst of the flooding is around the recreation ground and people have been asked to avoid travelling through the area.
State Highway 75, the main road to Akaroa, is closed between Birdlings Flat and Barrys Bay, cutting off Little River, where the local school was evacuated on Monday. Akaroa residents are also being asked to conserve water.
The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) is reporting that 188 millimetres of rain has fallen in Akaroa between 9am on Saturday and 9am on Monday.
Have you been affected by the terrible weather?
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