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Emergency services are responding to heavy flooding in Napier, including an elderly woman trapped in her home, which is filling with water.
Fire and Emergency New Zealand received a report of a 75-year-old woman trapped in her flooded home on Lighthouse Rd, Bluff Hill.
A Fenz spokesperson could not confirm the incident to Things, citing that he was too busy, but a police spokeswoman confirmed that they had received the report and Fenz was present.
Both Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay have heavy rain warnings, while a watch remains in place for the Tararua district.
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Cars venture through the floods on Nuffield Ave in Napier.
Earlier, Hawke’s Bay firefighters were called into a slip on a Bluff Hill property in Napier, resulting in a tree falling on a caravan.
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A member of the public said that Taradale Four Square was closed due to flooding.
Other areas with heavy surface flooding in Napier included Latham St, Nuffield Ave, Kennedy Rd, and Barker Rd.
The Napier City Council said the amount of rain was affecting the city’s sewage network.
“To avoid an emergency discharge from the grid in the Ahuriri estuary, the Napier City Council requests that the community flush toilets only when necessary and avoid the use of showers, dishwashers or washing machines if possible.”
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Napier’s Nuffield Ave is affected by surface flooding.
A council spokesperson said 53.2mm of rain had so far fallen and another 34.7mm was expected to fall until midnight.
Earlier this afternoon, fire communications spokesman Murray Dunbar said that Fire Emergency New Zealand had received three more calls during the afternoon due to the flooding.
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Gutters and pipes have a hard time coping with heavy rains.
From 10 am to 11 pm, 100-130mm of rain was expected in the Te Hāroto ranges to the south, with 70-100mm elsewhere.
Wairarapa and the eastern hills of Wellington were now also covered in heavy rain.
A MetService spokesperson said rain can cause streams and rivers to grow rapidly and slips are also possible.
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Heavy rain in Napier.
Driving conditions could also be dangerous, with a truck sliding down State Highway 2 into a ditch near Tangoio in Hawke’s Bay Monday morning.
Stop / start management was up and running until 2.30pm, as the truck had to be towed away, the New Zealand Transportation Agency said.
On Tuesday, a low is forecast to crawl east across the upper North Island, bringing rain to many places, and a heavy rain watch is now in effect for the Coromandel Peninsula and Bay of Plenty.
People were advised to keep up to date with the latest forecasts in case the weather clocks update to warnings or if more areas are added.
