Source: Radio New Zealand
Kāeo Church surrounded by floodwaters. Supplied / Christopher Maca
Northland Civil Defence teams are assessing the damage after the latest storm with the Far North and Whangārei set to remain under a state of emergency for another six days.
Hundreds of people were evacuated in Kaitaia on Thursday night and more than 400 households and businesses were still without power on Friday morning after the heavy rain.
Damage has again been done to the roading network in the upper North Island with roads and state highways closed and drivers urged to take care due to surface flooding and slippery conditions.
Thursday night’s flooding has caused serious damage to the road surface on Whakapara Bridge, on State Highway 1 north of Whangārei. RNZ / Nick Monro
Flood damage on Whakapara Bridge, north of Whangārei. NZTA
Flood damage on Whakapara Bridge, north of Whangārei. RNZ / Nick Monro
A road closure due to flood damage on Whakapara Bridge, on State Highway 1 north of Whangārei. RNZ / Nick Monro
State Highway 25 just north of Whangamata, crews clear a fallen tree. RNZ / Yiting Lin
The main road in Kawakawa on Friday morning after the Northland heavy rain. RNZ / Nick Monro
The World War I Memorial Forest in Whangamata is under water on Friday with the Waikiekie Stream fast flowing and brown after heavy rain in Northland. RNZ / Yiting Lin
Flooding at the World War I Memorial Forest in Whangamata on Friday. RNZ / Yiting Lin
Fog in the Bay of Islands the day after Thursday’s storm. RNZ / Nick Monro
The water is receding and the sun is out in Kāeo, in Northland, on Friday morning. State Highway 10 has reopened just north of the town, restoring road access to Kaitāia and the top of the Far North. Supplied / Christopher Maca
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