Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Two rivers burst their banks as the tail end of ex-Cyclone Debbie saw water levels surge

The entire town of Edgecumbe on New Zealand's North Island has been evacuated, after severe flooding. Residents in the flood zone caused by ex-tropical cyclone Debbie have spent the night holed up in evacuation centres, as the system tracked south past Brisbane and into northern NSW. "Our ground saturation levels are very high which means our water table is elevated, therefore isolated flooding is highly likely," Civil Defence Controller Garry Towler said in an emergency statement.The country's weather bureau, the MetService, said there was a risk of severe thunderstorms or severe convection over the north of the country, bringing a continued risk of localised downpours of 25 to 45 millimetres per hour. Floods and landslips blocked roads and closed schools across New Zealand's north island on Wednesday after it was swept overnight by the tail-end of powerful Cyclone Debbie, which left a trail of destruction in Australia.In Auckland, the north island's biggest city, a cliff collapsed on to an apartment block and more than 1000 homes were without power.
Severe flooding caused by Cyclone Debbie forces the evacuation of Edgecumbe, New Zealand, and nearby areas.