Stranded: Pockets of Marlborough still cut off, and could be all week
Supplied Māori Ford bridge on Waihopai Valley Rd submerged by flood water. But they were not the only Marlburians stranded by the torrential rain that wreaked havoc on the region on Saturday and Sunday. Slips on Queen Charlotte Drive, a scenic Marlborough Sounds road between Picton and Havelock, had left residents cut off too. Speaking to the Express by email as her landline and cell phone were down, Moenui Bay resident Lisa Clem said she and many other residents felt “forgotten”. “We have had no contact from council, civil defence, no mention of our plight by the deputy mayor on t...
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