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"Don't put your life at risk": Civil Defence issues warning as severe weather hits Tasman

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Fri, 11 Jul 2025, 2:42pm
A tree has come down over the road on the north side of Hope Saddle, Nelson. Credit: Catherine Pointon.
A tree has come down over the road on the north side of Hope Saddle, Nelson. Credit: Catherine Pointon.

"Don't put your life at risk": Civil Defence issues warning as severe weather hits Tasman

Author
九一星空无限talk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 11 Jul 2025, 2:42pm

Civil Defence is bracing for the worst as wild weather is set to thrash the upper South Island.  

MetService has issued a red heavy rain warning for Tasman off the back of three weeks of rain saturated the region.  

Nelson-Tasman's under a state of emergency and has activated its emergency operations centre. 

Civil Defence Controller Alec Louverdis says they have clear messages to those at risk.  

He says previously flooded residents should self-evacuate and those in region should avoid roads or going near waterways as it's a threat to life.  

Orange rain warnings are also in effect for Marlborough, Mount Taranaki, east of Kawerau, Waikato, the Coromandel, Auckland, and Northland. 

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