22 Apr 2022

West Coast quilt shop floods after Coal Creek bursts banks

From First Up, 5:38 am on 22 April 2022

A West Coast shop owner found a flood of water when she arrived at work yesterday and now faces a very big cleanup. Sue Roper, who owns the Pink Possum Quilt Shop on the state highway between between Greymouth and Runanga, says Coal Creek burst its banks yesterday morning and sent flood water pouring into the store. She spoke with our producer Matthew Theunissen.