WELLINGTON: New Zealand's scenic town Queenstown declared a state of emergency on Friday for seven days in response to heavy rain, reported Xinhua. Th...
A handout picture taken and released by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency on September 22, 2023 shows a road blocked by flash flooding near Makarora, a small township within the Queenstown-Lakes District of the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand/AFPPix: New Zealand's scenic town Queenstown declared a state of emergency on Friday for seven days in response to heavy rain, reported Xinhua.
“The current weather is an evolving situation,“ Lewers said, adding that the district council has been working throughout the night to assess the full extent of the situation. The new Skyline Queenstown gondola, which was expanded and relaunched in June, was temporarily closed.
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