The Day the Rains Came

Earlier last week, while other parts of the Dominion were suffering from widespread flood and storm damage, Poverty Bay was enjoying near-perfect weather.

However, Gisborne came in for its share of bad weather in no uncertain manner when, for a period of less than 24 hours, it unleashed all its fury and lashed the district with 50 mph gale - force winds and over three inches of driving rain, causing minor flood and storm damage throughout the area.

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Insufficient drainage caused Shaw Street in Kaiti to become completely flooded, demobilising its residents' vehicles, including a traffic patrol car (extreme left)

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The East Coast highway was blocked in two places at Makarori by a slip and a flooded stream. Pictured is a bus rounding the partially cleared slip on Makarori Hill.

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The swollen rivers carried down large quantities of driftwood, which were promptly washed ashore at Waikanae Beach