Roads were impassable at Silverstream and Te Marua.

The rail way service was stopped between Wellington and Wairarapa due to a series of washouts.

Hutt River rose all day in the 11th and peaked at 6.30pm.

Hutt River rose 14 ft (4.27 m) above normal at the Lower Hutt Bridge and had a discharge of 70,000 cusecs (1982 cumecs).

The flood was 1.75 ft (53.3 cm) higher at Mabey Road and 3 in (7.6 cm) higher at Hutt Bridge than the 1931 flood.

The greatest flood within living memory swept the Hutt Valley covering hundreds of acres.

Houses were isolated.

There were large stock losses.

Flooding made roads impassable and destroyed and damaged bridges.

Valley was covered with shingle, silt and driftwood.

Manor Golf Park links had large areas of the course covered to a depth of one foot (0.30 m) with shingle, boulders and silt.

Damage in the valley was worse than that caused by the flood in 1931.

Damage was estimated to run into many thousands of pounds.

Wind gusts of up to 62 mph (99.8 km/hr) were recorded in the Hutt Valley.

Karori Stream had a peak discharge of 630 cusecs (18 cumecs) with a catchment area of 1.25 sq miles (3.2 km^2).

Four families (approximately 16 people) were evacuated.

Parks were completely covered with water.

Karori suffered from flooding. There was severe flooding in several parts along the sides of the stream. There were some homes with water up to the window sills.

Flood swept north of Boulcott covering hundreds of acres of farmland.

There were road closures.

There was serious erosion in the Taita Gorge.

The concrete bridge was closed due to scouring around the pillars from Mangaroa Stream and traffic was completely blocked.

Several bridges were destroyed in Mangaroa Valley, and other damage was considerable.

Many houses were inundated including some houses sitting 10 ft (3.0 m) above the normal water level.

There were severe losses for farmers. Hay and other crops were ruined.

The Mangaroa district suffered severely. The sudden rise of the river did extensive damage to farm property and caused severe losses of stock.

Maymorn Bridge had four out of eight spans swept away. The bridge was part of a closed light railway that lead to the Maymorn timberlands.

The main road from Wellington to Wairarapa was closed due to the collapse of the Te Marua bridge over the Mangaroa River. The new two lane concrete bridge on Wairarapa Road, at the foot of Mangaroa Hill in Te Marua subsided in the centre.

The suspension bridge at Maoribank, which is usually 20 ft (6.1 m) clear, flooded.

The main highway was impassable at Silverstream.

The entire flat between the hills forming the valley was one vast sheet of turbulent water.

Water was 4 ft deep in the neighboorhood of Silverstream.

Moonshine Road was impassible.

All houses running parallel to river by Moonshine Bridge had to be evacuated.

Whakatiki Links at Upper Hutt suffered severely. Hutt Links, the Wellington Clubs Links at Heretaunga was flooded.

Deep Creek and Flux Road bridges were washed away.

Cooleys Creek changed its course and washed away 15 chains (302 m) of fence.

Wainuiomata Stream had a peak discharge of 2400 cusecs (68 cumecs) with a catchment area of 12.8 sq miles (33.2 km^2).

Roads and bridges suffered from slips and floods.

The main road to Wairarapa was closed.

There was water over the road at Waiohine Bridge between Greytown and Carterton.

Near Makara roads were severely damaged.

There was much damage to Wellington city by slips and flooding.

Streams and creeks were in moderate flood.

The highway between Picton and Blenheim was blocked at Para Quarry by floodwaters.

Floodwaters blocked the Picton-Grove highway.

Damage to roads in Malborough county was £6060 ($510,000 2009 dollars).

Wairau River rose 4 ft (1.22 m) above normal.