No flooding (yet) in Hawke's Bay. But the Morris dancers have an outdoor dance-out tonight and another storm is supposed to be heading our way. (I promise we won't do the Shepherd's Hey.)
Most of the damage is in low lying suburbs in Wellington and farming communities in the lower half of the North island. I think bad planning and lax maintenance of stop banks might have something to do with the amount of damage. But there was certainly a lot of water dumped over the country in a few short hours and the forecast is for more later today.
I hope it drains away soon - we have another dance-out on Saturday!
Robyn