Heavy overnight rain has closed State Highway 25 at
Hikuai and the Kauaeranga Valley River Bridge at Rhodes Park
in Thames, with surface flooding at Puriri, Te Puru, Kopu
east heading to Paeroa and the Karangahake
gorge.
Hikuai Settlement Road, Hikuai - Closed due to
flooding. There are no other reports of closed Council
roads.
There is debris and slips on many of our local
roads and the State Highway network so if you are driving
please take care and add time to your journey.
200mm
of rain fell at the Pinnacles which has impacted the
Kauaeranga River and contractors are on site now and will
remain until the high tide passes after 10am this morning,
the spillway may activate.
The brunt of the storm was
felt on the Eastern Seaboard and our rapid assessment team
is out now assessing damage. There are reports of trees down
and some wind damage.
The worst of the storm has
passed, but it will take at least the rest of this morning
for the roading contractors and our Council staff to clean
up and make
safe.
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