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Drone Footage Shows Flooding on New Zealand's South Island

Persistent rainfall caused flooding that led to the closure of a bridge on the Ashburton River in Ashburton, New Zealand, on May 31, local media https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/canterbury-floods-ashburton-bridge-to-open-at-230pm/SHRNS3R2KM7YMEFZ7K5TGCSMZA/ reported . The bridge reopened on June 1, the report said. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visited Ashburton to assess the flooding on Tuesday, the country's Defence Force https://www.facebook.com/NZDefenceForce/posts/3960926487277801 said . Hundreds of people https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/hundreds-evacuated-new-zealands-canterbury-region-floods-2021-05-30/ were evacuated as water levels rose. Around 154 mm (or six inches) of rainfall was recorded in the Ashburton, the New Zealand Met Service https://twitter.com/MetService/status/1399527085010423810 reported . This footage was captured by James Reid on May 31, and shows the swollen Ashburton River. (Footage By James Reid/Storyful via Getty Images)
Persistent rainfall caused flooding that led to the closure of a bridge on the Ashburton River in Ashburton, New Zealand, on May 31, local media https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/canterbury-floods-ashburton-bridge-to-open-at-230pm/SHRNS3R2KM7YMEFZ7K5TGCSMZA/ reported . The bridge reopened on June 1, the report said. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visited Ashburton to assess the flooding on Tuesday, the country's Defence Force https://www.facebook.com/NZDefenceForce/posts/3960926487277801 said . Hundreds of people https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/hundreds-evacuated-new-zealands-canterbury-region-floods-2021-05-30/ were evacuated as water levels rose. Around 154 mm (or six inches) of rainfall was recorded in the Ashburton, the New Zealand Met Service https://twitter.com/MetService/status/1399527085010423810 reported . This footage was captured by James Reid on May 31, and shows the swollen Ashburton River. (Footage By James Reid/Storyful via Getty Images)
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Storyful
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1328922592
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Storyful
Date created:
February 06, 2021
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00:00:44:23
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Ashburton, New Zealand
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MPEG-4 8-bit H.264 HD 1280x720 30p
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Storyful
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255066