The floodwater is receding but 70 homes at Bethells Beach in West Auckland are still cut off after this week's downpour, when a section of road was washed out.
A fire truck had a near miss with a huge landslide, and a resident said most locals were lucky to escape with little damage to their property.
Te Henga Bethells Beach Emergency Response Group member Scott Hindman spoke to Corin Dann.
