27 Jan 2023

Weather: Flooding, road closures, damage in Coromandel

From Checkpoint, 5:16 pm on 27 January 2023

The top part of the country has been lashed by heavy rain as the region's sodden summer strikes again. Up to 150 mils had fallen in the Coromandel hills by mid-afternoon, and Kaikohe in Northland has been experiencing a deluge. That's brought road closures, ferry cancellations and power outages. Some businesses already hit by two major storms since Christmas have been left reeling. And there's disappointment for hundreds of thousands of people in Auckland, Coromandel and Northland ahead of the long Auckland Anniversary holiday weekend. Luka Forman has more.