27 Jul 2022

Dunedin on high alert after evacuations overnight

From Morning Report, 6:12 am on 27 July 2022

Dunedin Civil Defence Emergency Management is on alert this morning to assess damage to the city from flooding.

People from 35 homes in the city were evacuated last night as the Water of Leith rose.

Dunedin reporter Tess Brunton spoke to Corin Dann from Montgomery Road, where some people have been evacuated.