Edgecumbe being evacuated, Canterbury taking hit as weather moves south1 NEWS Aerial footage shows a truck navigating through the town swallowed by murky floodwaters. Around 2000 residents from 600 homes in the Bay of Plenty town of Edgecumbe were being evacuated on Thursday morning as the Rangitaiki River rose. 1 NEWS Surface flooding caused all flights at Wellington Airport to be suspended last night. Further north flooding had closed SH1 between Kekerengu and Clarence. Stuff.co.nz Across the North Island, and much of the south, the rains fell, and fell and fell.

Source: Stuff April 05, 2017 20:34 UTC