The sight of the floods in some areas was comparable to those of the 1923 flood.

The flood waters of the Omaka River cut the main highway from Blenheim to Nelson and the West Coast.

The railway between Marlborough and Canterbury was cut due to flood damage to the bridge over the Ure River and the Clarence bridge. There would be no rail traffic between Picton and Christchurch for at least five weeks.

Damage was done to roads, bridges and houses in Lower Hutt.

In Stokes Valley, water scoured out a 6-foot (1.8-m) hole halfway across a street.

Damage was done to roads, bridges and houses in Pinehaven.

Damage was done to roads, bridges and houses in Whitemans Valley.

Heavy and persistent rain caused severe flooding in Marlborough on the 23rd and 24th.

In northern Marlborough, all streams and rivers were exceptionally high, and most valley floors were awash. All streams south of the Wairau River were in high flood.

Considerable damage was done to stream banks by erosion.

Bridges were damaged.

Uncontrolled flows from the other two rivers backed up in the Opawa River Floodway below Blenheim and overflows occurred. The Opawa River was swollen and topped the stopbank and surface flooding occurred from spring-fed creeks.

Gardens and paddocks were flooded. 200 properties on the eastern edge of Blenheim were inundated and 100 houses were entered by flood waters.

15-20 homes in Lane Street and six homes in Meehan Street were evacuated.

The water in Lane Street was up to 4 ft (1.2 m) deep in places.

In Islington there were inches of mud and silt. Furniture was upturned.

One home had 12 in (30 cm) of water surrounding it.

Little damage was done to Blenheim roads.

The sewerage system on the north side of Blenheim was completely flooded.

The flooding was the most serious in Blenhiem since 1923.

The Taylor River at the Borough Weir reached a gauge height of 86.441 m on the 1st.

The Taylor River at the Borough Weir had a peak discharge of 162 cumecs on the 1st, with a catchment area of 68.6 km^2.

In the Picton side of Elevation several houses were surrounded by water.

The Fairhall River had a peak flow of 5,000 cusecs (142 cumecs).

Schools in Fairhall were closed.

The Kaituna River was in a raging flood.

The Kaituna River was flowing over the Kaituna Bridge.

All the reclaimed land in the delta of the Kaituna was under water. Farms in the Kaituna Valley were a sheet of water from bank to bank.

This was the worst flood since 1902. There was water in places where no amount of water had been seen for 50 years.

Stock losses were heavy in the Kaituna Valley.

Fences were broken.

The newly developed river flats suffered from scouring.

The Omaka River had a peak flow of 11,600 cusecs (328 cumecs).

Several houses at Para were surrounded by water.

The Waitohi River burst its banks, causing the worst flooding in memory in Picton.

Homes were invaded by flood waters.

Some people in the lower end of town were evacuated.

Twelve 40-foot (12-m) power poles collapsed.

Schools in Picton Borough were closed. Queen Charlotte School pupils were sent home early due to surface water lapping at the buildings.

Schools in Seddon were closed.

Waikawa Stream was in flood.

A complete set of piles of the Ure road and rail bridge was washed out.

Schools in Ward were closed.

The south approach to the Clarence River rail bridge was washed out.

The Kowhai River breached its stopbank in many places and large areas of the Kaikoura plains went under water.

Repairs to the river works cost $4,000 ($132,900 2008 dollars).

River flows were very high in the area around Kaikoura.

Transport was disrupted.

On the Kahutara River, the piles of a pier moved and part of the reinforced concrete bridge subsided.