Flooded Mataura River predicted to peak this morning

From Morning Report, 7:16 am on 5 February 2020

People in the Southland towns of Gore and Mataura have been told to evacuate their homes as the Mataura River levels continue to rise.

After three days of heavy rain the river is running between four and six metres above normal levels.

RNZ reporter Tim Brown is on the floodbank in Gore.