House teetering on edge of slip being evacuated

Two houses have been evacuated in Wellington after two slips in the capital.

Four students are being told to leave their Evans Bay Pde home immediately in the second of two slips as bad weather continues in the city.

And a house in Aro Valley was evacuated after a landslide came down across Devon St last night.

Wellington City Council spokesman Richard MacLean said engineers had assessed the Evans Bay Pde home, which sits about 40m above the road.

"A slip has obviously undermined a deck, which is poking out from the house so that looks risky."

MacLean said it was believed up to five students were living in the home.

He said the council's welfare team was helping them in case they would be out of their home for longer than today.

Roads are blocked by debris from the collapsed cliffs directly beneath the at-risk homes.