“It didn’t flood on Friday night, it flooded [on Saturday]. We were standing here watching it come up block-by-block, every half an hour or so. It was quite impressive.” Nearly half of Westport’s population was evacuated – and some rescued – from their homes on Friday and Saturday as the wider Buller region was battered by heavy rain. The warning was lifted early Sunday, and while some showers were still expected, Westport, the top of the South Island, and Wellington should finally get some reprieve. Rasmussen had to brave waist-deep water to get through his front door on Sunday.
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