Woman dies as flash flooding hits New Zealand youtu.be

A woman has been found dead in New Zealand following a severe downpour that washed away a bridge and prompted a state of emergency in the South Island. Police on Wednesday said the elderly woman’s body had washed up on a riverbank north of the town of Hokitika, in the West Coast region. “It appears that the woman got out of the vehicle she was driving and tried to cross the flood waters on foot,” Senior Sergeant Peter Payne said. “She has then been swept away in the strong-flowing current of surface flooding on Arahura Valley Road. The investigation is ongoing, and her death will be referred to the coroner. Our thoughts are with the family at this sad time.”