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We ve got nothing left : Pregnant Westport couple flooded out and nowhere to go

“It’s going to be extremely hard [to find new accommodation] in Westport,” Croft said, “There was already a housing crisis. I m absolutely gutted. I try to keep my chin up. It’s better than crying.” They are among 200 to 300 Westport residents expected to be forced from their homes due to the floods. Buller District Mayor Jamie Cleine said on Wednesday he expected about 100 properties would be “red-stickered”. More than 30 had been deemed uninhabitable so far. STUFF Rivers bursting their banks, flash floods and more intense cyclones. How climate change is making floods more extreme. Sites for temporary accommodation villages in the town were being identified, and Cleine said portable homes could soon begin being delivered from Canterbury. Some residents could be living in the villages for years, he said.

More rain on the way for flood-hit Buller, thunderstorms risk forecast from Southern Westland all the way up to Waikato

Hanna McCallum12:52, Jul 21 2021 MetService The MetService is forecasting rain for much of Aotearoa with risk of thunderstorms overnight from Southern Westland up to Waikato. More heavy rain is forecast for Buller and other areas hit hard by the weekend deluge and flooding. MetService has issued a heavy rain warning for Buller and the ranges of Westland for an 11-hour period, starting from about 6pm on Wednesday till 5am on Thursday. Much of the rest of Aotearoa will also see rain late Wednesday or early Thursday with thunderstorm risk from Southern Westland all the way up to Waikato. MetService meteorologist Tui McInnes said the region could expect showers on Wednesday morning, turning to rain in the evening when the warning will “kick-in”.

Hundreds of homes unliveable, as flood protection warning issued

Hundreds of homes unliveable, as flood protection warning issued © Getty NELSON, NEW ZEALAND - JULY 17: A flooded section in Riwaka on July 17, 2021 in Nelson, New Zealand. Heavy rain and flooding has led to road closures across New Zealand s South Island. (Photo by Andrew MacDonald/Getty Images) New Zealanders can no longer rely on flood protection barriers in the face of more extreme weather events and heavier rains, an expert warns, as hundreds of Westport residents homes have been deemed uninhabitable following devastating floods. Dozens of West Coast residents are no closer to knowing where they are going to live following heavy floods that caused extensive damage to infrastructure, properties and farmland across Buller and Marlborough in the weekend.

Westport houses red stickered, one-stop shop set up for flood-hit residents

Westport houses red stickered, one-stop shop set up for flood-hit residents
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