A number of roads remain closed and two central North Island towns cut off, following a day of heavy rain which caused slips and flooding.<\/p>\n
Early on Tuesday morning, slips in Awakino Gorge left vehicles stuck and farmland in the area flooded.<\/p>\n
The bad weather led to Ruapehu District Council partially activating an emergency operations centre – but this had now been stepped down to a monitoring phase.<\/p>\n
Two townships, Matiere and Tokorima remain cut off due to road damage.<\/p>\n
The worst of the weather was forecast to ease as the evening continued, but a narrow southerly band of rain was expected to bring heavy rain to the Taumarunui area on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n
Ruapehu controller Clive Manley, said while the worst was over, there was a big clean up to be done on local roads and State Highways with multiple slips and blocked roads.<\/p>\n
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