People in New Zealand's Capital Told to Leave Due to Floods

Heavy rain caused flash floods that moved cars.

In short, it's about floods.

Heavy rain hit New Zealand's capital city, Wellington.

People in low areas were asked to leave.

What's next?

People in flood areas should move to higher ground for 24 hours.

Wellington residents were told to leave due to heavy rain.

The city had flash floods overnight.

The city got 77mm of rain in under an hour, a record.

The heavy rain caused floods, road closures, and landslides.

People had to leave their flooded homes, and a landslide hit one home.

The heavy rain caused floods, road closures, and landslides.

Some city streets were emptied.

Fire services got 150 calls for help overnight.

A search is on for a man in a flooded house.

A law student said it was the heaviest rain she'd seen.

The worst rain was at 4am, with loud rain and sirens.

We're lucky to live on a hill, but roads turned into rivers.

Neighbours had to leave their homes due to flooding.

There are broken roads and debris after the floods.

One area had cars underwater.

The weather got better, but heavy rain came back.

People are worried they didn't get alerts to leave.

Usually, phones get alerts, but this time people relied on news.

Residents were told to move to higher ground.

The emergency office advised people to move to higher ground for 24 hours.

A help centre is open for people who left their homes.

New Zealand has had heavy rain recently.

The region had bad weather on Friday, and a cyclone hit last week.

News from ABC.