Some evacuees have been able to return home as a swollen Wairau River recedes from a severe flood in Marlborough. RICKY WILSON/Stuff Spring Creek resident Tim Newsham describes seeing the Wairau River, left, as high as his stop bank, right. RICKY WILSON/Stuff Paddocks are flooded around the Ferry Rd area of Spring Creek, where the lower Wairau River breached its banks. Email jennifer.eder@stuff.co.nzRICKY WILSON/Stuff Hundreds of Spring Creek residents evacuated as the lower Wairau River, bottom right, crept up stopbanks. There were still several roads in the area submerged by floodwaters, including the eastern end of Ferry Rd.

Source: Stuff July 18, 2021 07:07 UTC