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Weather: Tākaka river breaches banks as heavy rain hits

17:23 pm on 17 August 2022

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Tākaka in Golden Bay has had more than a month's worth of rain in 15 hours today.

Heavy rain is causing rivers to overflow - sparking evacuations, too.

Our reporter Kirsty Frame is at Paines Ford on the Tākaka River, which has breached its banks.