Flooded streets in Whakatāne: School access partially blocked

Surface flooding on Peace Street, Whakatāne on Monday afternoon.

Today’s rain has caused surface flooding on some Whakatāne streets.

Motorists are reporting that Pounama Place and Peace Street have flooded.

Apanui Primary School released a statement on Facebook at about 2.45pm asking parents to use a different access into the school grounds.

“Please use the McAlister Street entrance, if at all possible, Pounama Place is currently in flood.”

A shopper at Big Save Furniture Whakatāne on the Strand reported some flooding and displaced ceiling panels in the store at about 1pm.

“We got a little bit of flooding in the store but were able to clean it up quite quickly,” a staff member said.

Motorists are advised to drive with caution.

Whakatāne District Council have previously encouraged residents to log into the council’s Fix It Portal for non-urgent jobs on www.whakatane.govt.nz/fixit, or to phone 07 306 0500 for anything urgent.