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Spring Creek residents did not have to evacuate today as expected - but compromised stopbanks mean the community remains at risk during future storm events.
Marlborough Civil Defence and Emergency Management (CDEM) is advising some residents in the township of Spring Creek near Blenheim to evacuate their homes by 9am tomorrow morning.
The upper half of the North Island is in line for severe thunderstorms and accompanying downpours while evacuations are underway in a Marlborough township.
MetService forecasts a ‘second wave’ of heavy rain for the West Coast, along with snow, thunderstorms and strong winds.
Civil Defence is warning people to