27 Mar 2019

Huge floods force West Coast evacuations

From Morning Report, 8:10 am on 27 March 2019

A state of emergency is in place in the Westland District due to heavy rain and flooding. A large section of the Waiho Bridge was taken out by raging floodwaters south of the Franz Josef township. Helen Lash is a Westland District Councillor, and Ashley Cassin is the chair of the Glacier Country Tourism Group. They speak to Guyon Espiner.