Western Bay of Plenty District Council contractors have been kept busy in the last 48hours as a storm lashed the region flooding businesses and roads.

In the past 36 hours since 8am Wednesday, the Western Bay of Plenty District Council's call centre has received about 800 calls from customers – 95 per cent weather related.

Flooding at Historic Village earlier today.

Council's engineering services group manager Gary Allis says at this stage council infrastructure is coping well.

'While we've had some instances of power failure at some of our pump stations we've been using generators and ‘sucker trucks' to keep water, wastewater and storm water systems fully operational,” says Gary.

'At this stage we're not in a position of asking customers to conserve water but we'll be keeping a very close eye on the capacity of reservoirs throughout the District over the next 48 hours.”

This comes after Tauranga City Council today asked residents to conserve water as the city's water supply is currently on 50 per cent. Read more about that here.

Gary says road maintenance teams are continuing to work around the clock to clear slips, fallen trees and debris from roads, as well as deal with instances of road seal lifting.

'The extreme weather has had a major impact on local roads right across Western Bay, from Pongakawa to Athenree.

'I know our maintenance crews are very appreciative of the courtesy and caution shown by road users, particularly in areas where they're working to get things cleared.”

State Highway 29 on the Kaimai Ranges was closed due to a large slip, while another slip closed Te Matai Road. Read about the latest road closures and school closures here.

For firefighters it has been a mostly quiet 24 hours, registering no more than four calls at most Western Bay stations.

Katikati Volunteer Fire Brigade station officer Brendan Gibbs says the brigade was called out to four incidents involving power lines being down due to high winds on Wednesday.

'It's probably been on average [as with previous storms]. Previously we have had up to 16 calls in a day in regards to flooding, but we have had no flooding calls which is good,” says Brendan.

'I have seen some people even cleaning the council drains from leaves because with all that wind its brought a heck of a lot of leaves down.”

Greerton Fire Brigade station officer Richard Moreland says it has been surprisingly quiet with four incidents in the past 48 hours.

They include a garden shed flying loose and some roof capping coming off, but compared to Cyclone Lusi the brigade has not been as busy, says Richard.

During the next couple of days residents are being urged to take extra care on the roads and, if they can, make sure any debris that may be blocking stormwater grates near their property is cleared.

To hear about businesses affected by the floods click here.