16 Dec 2021

Parts of Canterbury cut off by torrential rain

From Checkpoint, 6:19 pm on 16 December 2021

Torrential rain has left parts of Canterbury cut off after a month's-worth of rain fell in one day. Homes in Le Bons Bay in the Banks peninsula were evacuated overnight after the stream burst and took out a part of the hillside. Niva Chittock spoke to those affected.

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