Follow all instructions from emergency personnel
Listen to local radio stations
Check on your neighbours and help anyone who might need assistance.
If life is in danger call 111.
Stay off the roads and avoid flooded areas. Water notices Wash your hands thoroughly or use hand gel after coming into contact with flood water. If your clothes are wet with flood water please put them aside to wash later on (when water does not need to be conserved). Water conservation notices are in place for Westport, Carters Beach, and Punakaiki. Use water sparingly by keeping showers short and minimising the use of toilets, washing machines and dishwashers – all of which add load to the town sewerage system.
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Picton is now cut off from the rest of the South Island, the latest town to be cut off as flooding and high river levels leaves roads impassable.
The Transport Agency says Westport, Tākaka, Collingwood, Murchison, Springs Junction and Nelson are also isolated due to the current weather conditions.
Here is a summary of what is happening in each area.
Four areas of Marlborough evacuated
Marlborough recorded its largest flooding event in history today - far bigger than the previous biggest event in 1983.
Marlborough District Council declared a local state of emergency this afternoon, to ensure it has the resources to evacuate hundreds of properties.
A Westreef employee said houses had been inundated with water, and there were “more than likely” people still over there. Buller deputy mayor Sharon Roche said a helicopter and a rescue boat evacuated a group of farmers stranded by floodwaters in the Nine Mile area, south of Westport, at about 1pm. She said Army Unimogs had to be sent to rescue people in the Snodgrass Rd area of Westport who had returned to their homes on Saturday morning after being evacuated on Friday night.
Peter Meecham
An Army Unimog transports people from Snodgrass Rd and the Orowaiti River at Westport during a state of emergency, which has been called in the West Coast town due to flooding.