6 Apr 2017

Entire BOP town evacuated due to flooding

From Nine To Noon, 10:38 am on 6 April 2017

Almost two-thousand people are being evacuated from the eastern Bay of Plenty town of Edgecumbe. A state of emergency has been declared while the police and volunteers going door-to-door to get people out. Mayor Tony Bonne has just arrived in Edgecombe and talks to Katherine Ryan.

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