Photo: NZ HeraldFamilies have been evacuated, rivers are running high and slips are blocking roads as the remnants of former tropical cyclone pass through the Cook Strait. The evacuation of the Eastern Bay of Plenty town of Edgecumbe is under way in what the mayor is calling a 1 in ''500-year event''. Photo: ReutersEvacuations in capitalTwo dozen families living along Wellington's south coast were evacuated just before midnight as the Owhiro Stream in Happy Valley Rd burst it banks. In Whanganui and Rangitikei, where a state of civil emergency is expected to be lifted by midday, 170 people remain evacuated. Waiau/Mt Lyford Inland Rd Route 70 to Kaikoura is still closed but NZTA says crews are working hard to reopen it.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 05, 2017 23:26 UTC