Heavy rain and strong winds across the South Island have caused widespread flooding, highway closures, power outages, and emergency evacuations, with severe weather warnings in place through the weekend.
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heavy rain causes widespread flooding and road closures
Roads warnings, closures remain as MetService lifts warnings for top of South Islandextreme rainfall triggers widespread river flooding
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