School evacuated and flooding causes road closures throughout Banks Peninsula
Flood waters are now inundating parts of Akaroa on Canterbury’s Banks Peninsula, as the main road to the town has closed at Little River.
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Flood waters are now inundating parts of Akaroa on Canterbury’s Banks Peninsula, as the main road to the town has closed at Little River.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is aiming to open SH1 south of Christchurch through Dunsandel and also at Hinds, south of Ashburton, on Tuesday – possibly in the afternoon. “There is still up to 500 mm of water over the highway at the Selwyn River/ Waikirikiri ...
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