4 of 11 Attribution: Supplied/StuffMany have come forward to tell stories of lucky escapes. Musicians Dick Johnson and Anna Coddington were rescued from the second-storey window of their Auckland home in a kayak. "It was surreal," said Johnson. The neighbour, a local doctor, kayaked over a fence and through large trees to get to Johnson, Coddington and their two sons, aged 9 and 6. Stuck on the second floor of the house, with water rising up the stairs, Johnson had attempted to reach his own kayak, but said:"The torrent of water was so powerful, I couldn't get five metres out of my front door."

Source: Stuff January 31, 2023 02:57 UTC