A home on Athol St in The Glen with mud to its backdoor after consistent rain over the weekend. Photo: Phillip Rollo.

Slip hits Glen home

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A mudslide that hit a home in The Glen on Sunday night was watched by its owners as it slid down the hill and smacked into their house.
The home is the only known damage in the Nelson region from the weekend’s constant rain that caused havoc and one death in the Tasman district.
Nelson Fire station officer Craig Davies says the family was in the house at around 12.30am on Monday morning when the mud slide hit and it “scared the hell out of them”.
“The family was in the house when it happened, they heard it, looked out and saw it coming down and bang into their house. They evacuated their family and stayed with a friend for the night.”
In Nelson, mayor Aldo Miccio says the city escaped the worst of the damage. “Our thoughts are with those most affected in Tasman District, especially the family of the woman who passed away in the landslide at Marahau.”
Jude Hivon, 63, was killed after a landslide swept away her home, near Marahau on Sunday afternoon.
Emergency services were alerted about 1.15pm on Sunday and on arrival discovered a badly damaged house, on the Kaiteriteri-Sandy Bay Rd.
One wall and the roof was all that remained of the house and neighbours were attempting to find the woman, who was the sole occupant of the house.
The victim’s body was found partially submerged in the mud. Police and search and rescue staff evacuated two neighbouring properties as a precaution.
Other flooding in Golden Bay and Riwaka has caused severe damage and dozens of road closures and is likely to cost millions to clean up.