Video / PoolIt's not often it's faster to fly from New Zealand to Los Angeles than it is for locals to drive from Christchurch to Timaru. Ashburton River bridge looking upstream to the rail bridge on May 30. "The SH1 Ashburton river bridge has been closed because of slumping caused by the flooding and engineers will assess the damage. "You could fly from Auckland to Los Angeles and get there before someone driving from Timaru to Christchurch," one person tweeted. Meanwhile, Ashburton locals are being helicoptered across the closed Ashburton bridge.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 01, 2021 04:08 UTC