We have had big puddles and a lot of blocked gutters and drains in Christchurch over the last couple of days.
We have had to try and stay away from the surface flooding. This has been caused by some of the drains being blocked with leaves and the water can’t drain away.
The flood has caused sewage and other pollution to overflow and now a lot of the water is contaminated. If you come in contact with this polluted water you must shower yourself and wash your clothes.
Some schools have been damaged and have had to work in the hall. Some of the power cells have been flooded and damaged. There have been evacuations from some houses.
The rivers have broken their banks and there has also been strong gust of wind.
Hello Amorangi.
ReplyDeleteWOW what a picture! Let's hope that there was nobody in this vehicle.
New Zealand certainly got it's fair share of rain.I saw on tv a lot of bridges had water almost over the road.That would of been scary for the drivers.
Did you get much rain or surface flooding at your place?.
We only got road surface puddles.There was a fair bit of water in the gutters.