Rissington demands action after two floods in three months

Residents living in the small Hawke's Bay settlement of Rissington have been flooded twice in three months and say lives are at risk unless a stop bank is built and the river is cleared of debris to prevent it from happening again. Torrential rain caused the Mangaone River to burst its banks on March the 8th, and again on June the 12th, flooding several properties in the area. Those affected say the Hawke's Bay Regional Council needs to take immediate action or their homes will become uninsurable. Our Hawke's Bay reporter Anusha Bradley has more.