The Wanganui River was in flood after a spell of heavy rain.The flood carried a huge amount of debris - branches, tree trunks and sawn timber.Dead cattle and sheep were also sighted. "The fact that a bridge,complete with handrails, floated out towards the sea showed that the flood at some place had been something out of the ordinary."

Humans walk at about three miles an hour, and run at around five. It is the shape and musculature of the human body that determines this. We are nei...