8:13am – Nelson Mayor Rachel Reese says another 10 people have been evacuated after a failure on the Tahunaui hills overnight.
“It’s been a busy last 24 hours, we’ve got about just over 230 people evacuated now and in fact, when I say 233, I’m talking households, not people, so let’s let’s double that, which would be a good estimate at the moment,” she told AM.
Reese is urging residents who have been evacuated to stay out of their homes until they are provided with further information.
“People are out of those homes at the moment and they need to stay out of them this morning until we can get the USAR and Fire and Emergency teams in to do triage to see what the damage is like,” she told AM.
“We are also dealing with a lot of wastewater overflow, so everyone should treat water as contaminated at the moment.
“There will be a bit of time to get underway, do that triage and we’ll get information back to people as quickly as we can about whether they can come back into their homes.”
Reese says the Nelson community has dealt with the evacuations really well.
“We have had no immediate rescues in the sense of people being absolutely stranded. The people of Nelson were proactive yesterday, they self-evacuated as soon as they got the warning that they needed to go and most people are staying with friends and family,” she said.
“We’ve set up a welfare facility for people that didn’t have somewhere to go and that most people actually were looked after. So thank you Nelson for doing what I know you always do.”
State Highway 6 in Nelson is closed between Haven Road and Whakatu Drive Intersections because of a slip.
“We’ve got roads out, we’ve got slips and we’ve got the State Highway closed around Rocks Road, which means we’ve only got one route into the city. That is somewhat compromised at the moment because we’ve got a major road what’s going on on our arterial roads,” she said.
“So the message today, is if you can work from home, please do that. Several of the schools are closed and we really want people to stay off the road. If you have to travel, make sure that you take water, food and warm clothes because there will be delays.”
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