Southland Flood Warning
Flood warnings have been activated in Southland and caution is advised.
What you need to know:
- Invercargill has already surpassed its average September rainfall (83.6mm), with most of it falling overnight (26mm) of rain overnight – 7.8mm of which fell between 7am and 8am Thursday. The city had already received 100mm of rain this month.
- Rainfall in Western and Northern Southland had well surpassed the agency’s threshold for heavy rain, which is 6mm an hour with Riverton and Mossburn seeing 8 to 9mm between 7am and 8am.
- Environment Southland issued a flood warning for The Aparima River at Dunrobin, the Hamilton Burn at Waterloo Road and The Waiau River at Sunnyside.
- The Southland District Council was asking motorists to drive carefully and slowly amid extensive surface flooding.
- Overhead line damage caused power outages in Koreka Hill, Nightcaps, Wreys Bush, Sinclair Road, Te Anau Downs and Upukaroa.
- Milford Rd would be closed all day Thursday from East Gate (Hollyford) to Donne River (Westgate) because of the risk of an avalanche.
- Further north, Waka Kotahi closed State Highway 6 from Haast to Makarora because of a slip.
- In Eastern Southland, Gore received 28mm of rain overnight with 7.8mm between 7am and 8am.
- Thunderstorms around 3am Thursday morning brought 214 lightning strikes over Northern Southland. The rain had caused the Aparima River to jump 2.05 metres above normal and it was rising 377mm/hour.
- The Hamilton Burn was 1.87 metres above normal and rising 521 mm/hour, while the Waiau River was 3.22 metres above normal and rising 191 mm/hour.
Weather is set to settle down later in the day but for now, its best to exercise caution.
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