Although the rain has stopped, about 5,000 hectares of farmland in Northland are still under water. Some land looks like a lake. Some farms are almost completely flooded. It will cost millions of dollars to repair the damaged land after the water disappears. Paddocks will need to be planted with grass seed again. Crops will need to be planted again.
Roads are also damaged. One section of State Highway 1 (SH1) is closed so motorists have to use a long detour. So far, 510mm of rain have fallen in July. Last July, the rainfall was about 80mm for the whole month.
The government has offered some help: people to help with clean up, some financial assistance and some help with tax. Already, the government has given $100,000 for the mayor’s relief fund to help families; however, businesses which were flooded, had no electricity, or no customers have also lost money.
This is not the first time that Northland has suffered damaging floods. Locals say that permanent solutions are needed, not temporary ones, especially for roads. It is really bad for business when the main highway is closed.
Vocabulary
- crops – food plants
- detour – a different, much longer road
- assistance – help
- relief fund – money the mayor can give to help families
- permanent – last forever; opposite: temporary – last for a short time
“it will costs”??
Smart work to notice that. I’ll fix it.
recently flood in northland keep 5,000 hectares of farmland under the water. some land itlooked like a lake and completly flooded and it cost million’s of dollar to repair the dameg, But after the water disappear. the land need grass again. the highyway and road also dameged. and motories use long detour. 510 mm of rain fallen in july, it is exactly 430 mm more as last july. the government offered some help 100.000 dollars to mayor’s to halp families. there is no business and no electricity, the northland needed a permenent soulation not temporary, spically for rouds.
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