New Zealand flood recovery estimated to take ‘years’


A view of the Maitai river after it burst its banks in Nelson yesterday, as the city experienced flash floods caused by a storm. Hundreds of families on New Zealand’s South Island are forced to leave their homes after flooding caused a state of emergency to be declared in three regions. – AFP pic, August 19, 2022.

A NEW Zealand city devastated by flooding will take years to recover, the mayor said today, as hundreds more homes were evacuated.

The Pacific nation has been lashed by wild weather with the Nelson-Tasman district on the South Island bearing the brunt after 75cm of rain reportedly fell over three days.


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