Wednesday Watch: Floods and slips hit after heavy rain

Wednesday, 5 April 2017

Across the North Island, and much of the south, the rains fell, and fell and fell.

A massive deluge continues to bring flooding, road closures and slips - now parts of the South Island are braced for severe conditions.

Aucklander Benji Tipace was on his way to work when he came across a swollen creek covering the road.

Rangitikei mayor Andy Watson speaks about flooding in the district.

A woman managed to scramble out a passenger window as her overturned car filled with water on a flooded Waikato highway.

A clifftop slip following torrential rain has put three houses in the affluent Auckland suburb of Browns Bay at risk.

Drone footage illustrates some of the damage caused by torrential rainfall as a landslip struck apartments in Auckland's Kohimarama suburb.

The Maraetai and Clevedon areas have been ravaged by torrential floodwaters for the second time this year.

Aerial footage of the flooded Awakino River in Taranaki.

Masterton's Waipoua River in flood on Wednesday.

Five Auckland properties that share a driveway on Landing Rd, Titirangi have been cut off after a large land slip

State Highway 56, near Opiki, is swamped by the Manawatu River.

MetService Severe Weather Warning Video

Just weeks after the Tasman Tempest, the Hunua Falls is a raging torrent once again after another deluge hit the North Island.

Heavy rain caused flooding and landslides as the remnants of Cyclone Debbie hit the country in April 2017..

With the Whanganui River at dangerously high levels, residents are being asked to stay away - and stay safe.

Have you been affected by the rain or flooding? Send your newstips, photos and video to newstips@stuff.co.nz