Jerry Heasley Recommended for you Torrential rains over the weekend dumped nearly two feet of water on the area. The Bay of Plenty town remains cordoned off, after the Rangitāiki River breached a stopbank yesterday, forcing the evacuation of the entire Bay of Plenty town of 1600 people.. With floodwaters still moving down rivers and canals, people in low-lying areas north-west of Edgecumbe could still have to leave their homes. Edgecumbe lies on a flood plain and an active seismic zone. Check out the published report: Characterization of Peak Streamflows and Flood Inundation of Selected Areas in Louisiana from the August 2016 Flood Flood level reports provide information on the flood risk of properties in low-lying areas, coastal areas or near rivers, streams and floodplains. If your property is outside of the Whakatāne township you can request a flood level report through the Regional Council.

This is after the river had subsided by half a meter or so from its peak at high tide earlier in the morning. Please write to: The Editor, Whakatane Beacon, 32 Pyne Street, PO Box 243, Whakatane or Email: news@thebeacon.co.nz The views expressed are not those of the Beacon or its staff. Hier sollte eine Beschreibung angezeigt werden, diese Seite lässt dies jedoch nicht zu. Council Manager Three Waters Infrastructure Tomasz Krawczyk says gutters are regularly swept to remove leaves and litter, but Council teams simply don’t have capacity to clear every street daily. Flood water may be contaminated with sewage or other hazards, so everyone in a flooded area should take precautions to avoid exposure, especially during cleanup. Surprising Dad for 99th birthday with '55 Ford he never thought would run again - Duration: 17:19. Widespread road, infrastructure water, power, sewage disruptions throughout district, impacting on mainly Whakatane and Edgecumbe urban areas, vast rural areas due to Whakatane river breaching stop banks (in exces of 15,000ha farmland inundated). The Whakatane river late morning on 6 April 2017. Whakatane remembers floods two years on Friday, April 5, 2019 - 09:16 Worst hit was the township of Edgecumbe, where a breach of the Rangitāiki River stop bank flooded much of the town and saw the whole community evacuated. Welcome to Phillips Contracting 2016 Ltd. Josh Phillips and his team have been providing fencing, drainage, mowing, tree removal & trimming, flood and pest control services and much more within Whakatane and the Bay of Plenty region for the past ten years. Please note that it will take 5-10 working days to process this request. Declared at 2147 for Whakatane urban area. This video is unavailable. A torrential rain event during the first full week of March 2016 featuring over two feet of record March rain in the South unleashed major river flooding, rising to historic levels in some areas. Watch Queue Queue Whakatane district councillors have unanimously approved the Liveable Home project, which will provide the labour, expertise and funding to make homes habitable again. Flood manager Peter Blackwood says this is a significant event that is beyond the Matahina scheme’s design capacity for a 100-year flood event.