My report wrinting is about the report about the flooding of wellington in 1953, the highlighted parts are, the blue is topic the pink is example the green is explanation about why.

                                  Wellington flood

Floods have plagued the city through its history, especially in the Hutt Valley, where the destructive Hutt River forced early colonists to flee to the other side of the harbour.

Deadly and devastating floods in recorded history date back to at least 1858, when nine people died in Taita after the Hutt River's banks burst.

Other years evoke other tragedies - 1898, when water rose 90 centimetres in half an hour in the Hutt; 1997, when two people died as slips plagued the region and most recently 2004, when another Hutt waterway, Waiwhetu Stream, burst its banks and inundated homes.There was extensive rainfall in the region with  slips and surface flooding that cut off all communication to the area.

Greater Wellington works with our region's communities to manage the flood risk from rivers in our catchments. To manage the flood risk is to understand rivers and floodplain processes and provide a floodplain management plans in partnership with the community. Through testing  and experimenting the most effective approach is through the development of flood risk management programmes is through the following elements:

Prevention: by building bankments by the rivers.

Protection: trees native areas are protected

Preparedness: work with the council and community to have a plan in place

Emergency response: have contact numbers in place

Recovery and lessons learned: returning to normal conditions as soon as possible and mitigating both the social and economic impacts on the affected population.

The Hutt river now has barriers so it can not flood the city wellington region now.