The government is putting $100,000 into the Napier mayoral relief disaster fund.
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Napier Mayor Kirsten Wise says the first priority is looking after the people who have been affected by the flooding.
A number of families have been significantly impacted, says Minister for Emergency Services Kiri Allan - some evacuated, some still without power and a significant amount of water is still on the ground.
"There may be welfare needs that sit outside those we can immediately see," she says.
MSD has been providing funds to those that need it immediately.
A Fire and Emergency spokesperson says today the focus is on getting out to the communities and helping anyone who needs it.
"Access is challenging," he says but the Defence Force is providing Unimog vehicles to transport responders to where they need to be.
The rain overnight hasn't helped but it hasn't made things worse, says a Civil Defence spokesperson.
Civil Defence says 30 more people were evacuated overnight bringing the total in emergency accommodation to 60.
The accommodation for evacuees at Kennedy Park is now full and people are now being moved to Hastings, he said.
Unison says power outages are down to 10 properties, with about 65 spending the night without power.
Earlier Wise told Morning Report she's never experience anything like heavy down pour the city has had.
"We have confirmed it was a one-in-250 year event, our system and infrastructure is designed to cope with a one-in-100 year event."
Wise says the priority this morning is the low lying area of Marewa where there is still floodwater.
Some families in the area were evacuated last night. Some families don't wish to leave, she said.
"We have ascertained that they're not at any immediate health risk, we haven't made any calls about forcing them to leave but certainly any of the families that do want to leave we're there to assist them and evacuate them out."
The streets are closed, with three streets predominately affected.
"We have had to bring in some pumps overnight which will enable us to get into that area and start doing some additional work to pump the water out of there."
Napier's storm water and waste water are not combined but valves are opened during heavy rain, when waste water is released into the storm water system, Wise said.
At this stage there's been no reports of additional slips or damage on Napier Hill, she said.
Some schools have chosen to remain closed and people are encouraged to work from home if they can.
"Certainly the families and the properties that have been the most affected, we will have to be looking at finding some longer term accommodation options for them, that will be an absolute priority."
"We have confirmed it was a one-in-250 year event" - Kirsten Wise
Fire and Emergency area manager Ken Cooper told Morning Report welfare checks were conducted last night, and two families were evacuated from Marewa.
Cooper said some streets were still knee-deep in water and the community should take precautions about heading out in the floodwaters - which could be contaminated - but the drinking water was safe.
"The challenges really are the surface water and kids potentially playing in the water and vehicles access is restricted in those areas."
Along with Civil Defence and Red Cross, they did 120 checks last night on families, and Cooper estimates another 500 will be done to ensure the most vulnerable people have support.
By 10am, 135 properties had been assessed for damage and 23 properties have been deemed uninhabitable, 12 of which were significantly damaged. Assessments will continue today.
Fire and Emergency area manager Ken Cooper