Parts of the West Coast are still being cleaned up after flooding damaged roads last weekend. Photo: RNZPeople are being asked to delay non-essential travel on the West Coast of the South Island, with heavy rain expected today. The region was also inundated with rain last weekend - causing slips, road closures and flooding and stranding 970 visitors in Franz Josef. MetService said today streams and rivers on the West Coast may rise rapidly again and more slips and surface flooding are possible south of Otira. MetService said Northland had also experienced some heavy showers today and the rain would head south.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 15, 2019 01:41 UTC