Gisborne residents may need to evacuate
Heavy rain is causing streams and rivers to rise rapidly. Surface flooding and slips are possible at this time with driving conditions hazardous. Gisborne residents near Hikuwai River have been urged to prepare for evacuation while farmers have been asked to move their stock to higher ground.
Emergency management for the Tairāwhiti district have shared the following information:
- Residents need to have a plan in case we need to evacuate. Please check on whānau and neighbours.
- If you know you could possibly get cut off, make plans to move now or be prepared with enough supplies for 3 days including medication.
- We recommend campers in exposed coastal areas pack up and move to a safer place or a holiday park.
- If MetService upgrade the orange warning to a red warning, we will temporarily close our summer camping areas.
- All unsealed roads are closed to heavy vehicles at this stage until 8pm Wednesday 11 January. If this period is extended a decision will be made at 11.30am Wednesday.
- Transfer stations are closed until further notice at Tokomaru Bay, Te Araroa, Te Puia and Matawai.
- 180 homes are without power around the Tauwharepare, Ihungia areas. Reports of trees down on power lines.
- First alert flood warnings are issued for Hikuwai River at WillowFlat and Waipaoa River at Kanakanaia.
- All sports grounds are closed, including the Whataupoko mountain bike park tracks.
- Emergency sewer valves have been opened into city’s waterways.
There's a strong wind watch and wave warning - there’s currently 3m waves expected to reach 6m. A further 150mm to 200mm of rain is expected on top of what has already fallen, giving event totals of 250 to 350mm. Peak rates of 15 - 25 mm/h are possible until tonight.
Keep up to date with any changes using the Gisborne District Council website and MetService.
Best way to use leftovers?
I'm sure you've got some excess ham at home or cold roast potatoes.
What are some of your favourite ways to use leftover food from Christmas day? Share below.
⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️
It's a message we share time and time again, and this year, we're calling on you to help us spread that message further.
Did you know that calls to SPCA about dogs left inside hot cars made up a whopping 11% of all welfare calls last summer? This is a completely preventable issue, and one which is causing hundreds of dogs (often loved pets) to suffer.
Here are some quick facts to share with the dog owners in your life:
👉 The temperature inside a car can heat to over 50°C in less than 15 minutes.
👉 Parking in the shade and cracking windows does little to help on a warm day. Dogs rely on panting to keep cool, which they can't do in a hot car.
👉 This puts dogs at a high risk of heatstroke - a serious condition for dogs, with a mortality rate between 39%-50%.
👉 It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress. You can be fined, and prosecuted.
SPCA has created downloadable resources to help you spread the message even further. Posters, a flyer, and a social media tile can be downloaded from our website here: www.spca.nz...
We encourage you to use these - and ask your local businesses to display the posters if they can. Flyers can be kept in your car and handed out as needed.
This is a community problem, and one we cannot solve alone. Help us to prevent more tragedies this summer by sharing this post.
On behalf of the animals - thank you ❤️
Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.
If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?
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61.9% Summer
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36.6% Winter
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1.5% Other - I'll share below
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