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Flooding & Slips Hawkes Bay Area
Flooding & Slips Hawkes Bay Area
Location: Hawkes Bay area
District: Central
As a result of heavy rain in the Hawkes Bay, police are receiving numerous calls of flooding / slips / etc in particular in the Napier area.
One street on Hospital Hill, Napier ( Faraday St ) has had a major slip. A significant amount of debris has fallen onto the road destroying a parked vehicle. Sewage pipes have been left exposed.
Faraday Street has been closed to vehicle traffic and at least 4 residential properties have had to be evacuated. Civil Defence have been advised.
Other reports have been received of roads becoming impassable, vehicles becoming stuck in flooding etc etc.
ENDS
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