100 evacuated amid Buller state of emergency

From Checkpoint, 5:13 pm on 1 February 2018

More than 100 people were evacuated from their homes in Westport today, and most will spend the night in evacuation centres. Buller District Mayor Garry Howard describes the flooding.

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