Soggy Southland

Southland doesn't seem to be having much fun today with torrential downpours causing havoc - swelling rivers to breaking point, cutting off phonelines, closing roads, washing away bridges, stranding trampers. They've activated their Emergency Operations Centre, and will likely be working through the night.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3622499/Floods-cut-off-Te-Anau-phones

You can keep up-to-date on Southland Emergency Management Group's activities by checking out http://www.civildefence.co.nz/ - They must have been in really quick to get that domain name! The rest of us get stuck with some awful mouthfuls as web addresses...