'A kick in the gut': Southland assesses storm damage as rains ease

Residents of Mataura, Gore, Wyndham and Balclutha in New Zealand have found their homes uninhabitable and farms still under water

Residents of Southland are assessing the damage after New Zealand’s first ever category-red storm swept through the isolated region on Wednesday.

Days of torrential rains washed away roads, forced the evacuation of 2,000 people and saw the country’s MetService issue its first red weather warning this week, in response to the worst flooding the region in the South Island has seen in decades.

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