Some roads in Northern Southland were affected by flooding on Saturday after rain on Friday caused rivers to rise. A heavy snow warning has been issued for parts of Southland, following a flood warning system activation for some of the region’s rivers. The Environment Southland flood warning remains activated after heavy rain throughout the region. Environment Southland activated its flood warning system late on Friday after heavy rain fell in the headwaters of rivers in the province, and the Otago Regional Council had issued a warning for one river at West Otago. “So we’re just basically waiting for it to go through before turning the flood warning off.

Source: Stuff June 27, 2021 03:33 UTC