Emergency workers say they are amazed no one was killed after months of rain fell in just two days causing damaging flooding in New Zealand.
Two months worth of rain fell on Thursday and Friday causing mudslides and flooding to Nelson in the top of the South Island. Over 160 homes have been evacuated in the area.
The mudslides washed away roads and houses causing over 250 claims to the New Zealand Earthquake Commision (EQC).
The disaster comes while the insurance industry is still trying to recover from the Christchurch Earthquake which had repair bills of around NZ2 billion.
The EQC reported that damage caused by mudslides would be covered by them, but water damage by flooding was a matter for private insurance companies.
