Flooding devastates Southland

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Flooding has devastated areas of the Southland as record rain levels have fallen over the last 3 days.

Residents in areas of Gore and Mataura have been asked to evacuate from their homes. This comes after three days of heavy rain put the Mataura River at risk of breaking its banks.

A state of emergency was declared in Southland yesterday afternoon.

Civil Defence has told residents in Southland to have their bags packed if last-minute evacuations are needed.

Gore Mayor Tracy Hicks said some houses close to rivers were being sandbagged incase of flooding.

She said “I’ve lived here for a long time and I can’t recall constant rain like we’ve had in the last three days.”

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Shem Banbury - Kiwi Kids News Editor

Shem Banbury is the Editor of Kiwi Kids News and is the Deputy Principal at Mount Maunganui Intermediate. In his spare time, he likes to train and compete in triathlons, play cricket and spend time with his family.

4 Responses

Madison says:

February 10, 2020 at 9:25 am

This is sad
hope everyone is okay
Lukey says:

February 17, 2020 at 12:08 pm

I hope no one got hurt *someone got hurt.*
Lukey says:

February 17, 2020 at 12:09 pm

I hope no one got hurt
Aki says:

February 25, 2020 at 5:26 pm

this is really really sad apparently they also had one On 26 and 27 January, 1984