Westport has seen two evacuations in a week, and that's on the back of a devastating soaking last July.
So is there a future for flood-prone Westport? Most of the people forced out of their homes yesterday have since returned but more heavy rain is forecast for the weekend with rivers already swollen.
Westport residents are fed up, not just with the weather, but with council's response to it.
It won't be their last storm. So what's being done to protect the coastal town, sandwiched between two rivers?
Samantha Gee has more.
