Tasman deluge cut off access points to the national park and it could be sometime before they're restored says Department of Conservation.

The region has endured two bouts of severe weather and widespread flooding since late last month ...

Residents across the Tasman region say forestry slash has exacerbated flood damage.

Dozens of people remain in emergency accommodation and hundreds of flood-damaged properties still have to be assessed.

Residents are scrubbing mud off their driveways and retrieving items which floated away during two flooding events in recent weeks.

Emergency services are responding to reports of lifted roofs, slips and rockfall, and people caught in floodwaters.

People have been left in emergency accommodation as the damange from devastating floods becomes clear.