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A second home was evacuated after heavy rains overnight caused a landslide in Porirua and disrupted the Wellington region.
The landslide damaged two properties on Moonsail Drive, Whitby, around 9 p.m. Monday, causing a home to abandon its home. On Tuesday morning, Fire and Emergency Shift Chief Belinda Beets said the second home had been evacuated overnight.
Sophie Malolo of Moonsail Dr in Whitby said she heard what sounded like “thunder and lightning” as the slip fell on the neighboring house.
Firefighters came and told him to move his young family to the living room, in front of the house, and away from possible additional slips.
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Two houses were evacuated in Porirua after a slip was caused by heavy rain in the Wellington region overnight.
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Another neighbor, Horace Freestone, came out and received a call from his “terrified” wife.
He came home to find fire trucks on his way and evacuated neighbors.
The home that suffered the worst damage had just been sold, he said.
Porirua Mayor Anita Baker said crews would be around the city Tuesday morning to assess the damage.
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A slip in the Whitby suburb of Porirua has led to the evacuation of two houses.
He said the council had received 100 requests for assistance from those affected by the flood.
It is the second major flood for the region since Sunday, when flooding rendered 15 homes uninhabitable in Plimmerton.
As of Monday night, the Porirua City Council parks team had removed 20 trucks loaded with silt and mud left behind by the floods.
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Resident Alice Moore cleans up the mound of mud and silt outside her Plimmerton home after Sunday’s flood.
Baker said garbage containers will be placed around the affected areas to help residents with cleanup.
Meanwhile, Wellington City Council spokesman Richard MacLean had received multiple reports of damage Tuesday morning, including downed trees in Johnsonville and Maupuia, a slip on Albemarle Rd, Northland, and three portaloos crashing into a terminal. bus station at Reef St. Island Bay.
Met Service meteorologist April Clark said the rain increased around 6 p.m. Monday with the eastern areas hit the hardest.
Wainuiomata in Lower Hutt experienced the largest downpour in the region with 69.8mm of rain between 6:00 pm Monday and 7:00 am Tuesday. Rainfall was most intense between 6 pm and 7 pm when it fell 17.9 mm.
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Ron Manulevu’s cars were buried up to the axles at his home on Cluny Rd, Plimmerton, after a flash flood Sunday.
He said that much of the region was affected by more than 40mm of rain. Wellington suburbs Kelburn recording 40.4mm and Karori experiencing 40.6mm.
A heavy rain warning was lifted for the Wellington region at 1 am Tuesday.
The rain is expected to clear up at noon with strong gusts of up to 120 km / h.
A strong wind alert is maintained for the region.
The Greater Wellington Regional Council said Sunday’s flash floods in Plimmerton were a flood event of one in 10 years.
51mm of rain was recorded at Whenua Tapu Cemetery in Plimmerton, the third highest total of three hours since 1991.
At Battle Hill Farm Park, near Paekakariki on the Kāpiti coast, a three-hour total rainfall of 59mm was recorded.
