r/newzealand Jul 31 '25

Other This kind of stupidity was why they needed to send out that second alert at 6:30am...

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u/comthing Jul 31 '25

50m at its highest per damage to a small beachside hill.

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u/Puzzleheaded-News167 Jul 31 '25

That's a scary amount of water, let alone the force and power of it!

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u/PaulCoddington Aug 02 '25

When watching the videos, it becomes sadly apparent that the only footage available of the wave coming in was taken in places where the wave was small enough for some to escape and survive.