In Hawke's Bay, we've also witnessed just last year a one-in-200-year flood, which left flood-prone, low-lying areas covered, sections of housing in metres high of mud, as well as those suffering from slips on Napier Hill. It was a massive dark cloud that literally poured down on a very isolated area, reminding us once again that at any time mother Nature is an incredibly strong force, leaving destruction in her wake, and now no more closer to home than in the past week, where again parts of our region from across the East Coast have been left a sodden, washed-out mess.