Larry Williams Drive

The State Highway network around Coromandel has taken a battering from the rain, and more is on the way within the next 48 hours. The road at the summit of State Highway 25A has completely collapsed. Workers trying to repair State Highway 25 have faced setbacks because of constant slips. Thames-Coromandel Defence Controller Garry Towler says MetService have issued a red-level heavy rain warning. "The whole Coromandel Peninsula is absolutely drenched through, and the Waikato Regional Council believe that if we don't go to red warning, we may not make people aware that sections of the hillside or the rivers may give way and cause a lot of damage." LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.