Bird's-Eye View Captures Extent of Flooding in Canterbury

A chopper unit called successful to transport a nonmigratory connected New Zealand’s South Island captured bird’s-eye footage which revealed the grade of flooding successful Canterbury.

This video, posted to Facebook by GCH Aviation and filmed by 1 of its paramedics onboard, shows inundated roads and fields successful Akaroa.

“As the rainfall falls contiguous successful the Canterbury region, closing roads. Our aerial rescue chopper squad was called to Akaroa to safely transport a diligent to Christchurch Hospital,” the root wrote.

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) connected Thursday urged locals to debar travelling connected the roads owed to the bedewed weather.

In a upwind update connected Friday, the MetService said conditions had eased successful Canterbury overnight. Credit: GCH Aviation via Storyful