19 Jul 2021

Continued care for Westport evacuees

From Morning Report, 6:37 am on 19 July 2021

In Westport, authorities still haven't been able to determine the full extent of the damage from the weekend's flooding.

The floodwaters haven't yet receded from some parts of town, which means the clean up can't get underway and neither can assessments of inundated homes.

The Salvation Army's Westport centre was overflowing at the weekend, with more than a dozen people still having to stay on last night due to flash flooding and mass evacuations.

Robin Murray, along with her husband Howard have been looking after displaced residents at the church.

They told our report Anan Zaki that on Saturday night they were inundated with more than 200 people needing a place to stay, some having to sleep on chairs.