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I understand that the UK news is dominated by the Euro situation, so most readers won't have seen much if any coverage of NZ's latest woes.
Poor old Nelson, a city of some 45000 at the north end of South Island, has just had 260mm of rainfall - over three months' worth - in 48 hours. The surrounding hills, up to twice that. There are landslips all over the place, communities cut off, a few hundred homes damaged or destroyed, a lot of lucky escapes, and some pretty devastating footage. (News montage.) Here in Chch we've escaped the worst of that system, and while it did pee down for a while this morning it's not a patch on Nelson.
The past year and a bit have not been kind to NZ. The Christchurch quake series; the Pike River mine; the Rena oil spill; and now this.
Poor old Nelson, a city of some 45000 at the north end of South Island, has just had 260mm of rainfall - over three months' worth - in 48 hours. The surrounding hills, up to twice that. There are landslips all over the place, communities cut off, a few hundred homes damaged or destroyed, a lot of lucky escapes, and some pretty devastating footage. (News montage.) Here in Chch we've escaped the worst of that system, and while it did pee down for a while this morning it's not a patch on Nelson.
The past year and a bit have not been kind to NZ. The Christchurch quake series; the Pike River mine; the Rena oil spill; and now this.
sad