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Torrential rain in the early hours of today has caused major flooding to Bay of Plenty homes and businesses.

Northern fire communications shift manager Steve Smith said the rain started about 3am and by 6am nearly 75mm had fallen.

"It came down in one bucket load - it was amazing.''

The rain was concentrated on the Mount Maunganui and Papamoa areas and at its peak, flooding was as high as car windows.

Mr Smith said they had received reports of flooded homes, shops, garages and basements.

He said by 7.30am the waters were starting to recede and were starting to flow out through the drains "which were obviously blocked and couldn't handle the flow''.

It would not be known how much damage was caused until the water was totally drained away.

There had been no reports of injuries, Mr Smith said.


Police have also received several calls about cars getting stuck in deep water.

Sergeant Dan Weir said drivers in Mount Maunganui and Papamoa should stay off the roads.

"We're obviously receiving a number of jobs due to flooding and landslides in that area. Currently State Highway 2 Papamoa - there's a large slip that is blocking the northbound lanes.''

He said emergency crews are frantic.

"Several cars have got stuck in surface flooding. We're still responding to most of the calls, there's no one in any immediate danger at the moment.''

Fire Service spokesman Steve Smith said calls began streaming in at 3am this morning.

- additional reporting Newstalk ZB

- APNZ

Overcast and light rain.
Temperature 9.1C
Humidity 78% in shed.
Barometer 1014.3hPs
Wind from NE.

Thoughts are with Bay of Plenty.

Toronto / Pickering - Canada
Friday, April 19 at 7:30 PM

A Wild, Wild Day.
High Wind Gusts, the First Tornado of the season in SW Ontario, Thunderstorms and the worst floods in more than 10 years in N.Ontario..
Are we talking Spring, yet....??

Currently a cold front drops the temp with around 1.5 to 2 C per hour from + 17 C earlier today to an expected + 1 C low tonight...
Welcome to the "Roller-Coaster" ride..

Current Conditions:
Temp: 8.7 C
Apparent Temp: 5.7 C
Winds: SSW Gusting up to 45 km/h
Sky: Mostly Cloudy
Humidity: 60 %
Baro: 1001 mb (lowest today was 993 mb)
Precipitation: today 1 mm
UV Index: 2.0 Max

Cheers,
Arthur

 

New Plymouth: 19 degrees, sunny, but a fair  amount of cloud around. No rain for several hours. 22 mm since midnight.