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By 5 October, Environment Southland confirmed that 16 sites along the Mataura, Waikaia Rivers, Waimea Stream, Ōreti, Makerawa, Aparima, Orauea Rivers, Otautau Stream and Waiau Rivers had reached "High River Watch" status and that their water levels were dropping. [12] That same day, MetService lifted its heavy rain watch for eastern Otago. [12]
The 2023 southern New Zealand floods were caused by heavy rain that struck the southern part of New Zealand's South Island on 21 September 2023. This storm caused flooding in several places across the Southland and Otago regions including Gore and Queenstown. 100 homes were evacuated in Queenstown and Tuatapere's water treatment plant was damaged.
Environment Southland (Māori: Te Taiao Tonga) is the southernmost regional council in New Zealand, administering the Southland Region, including Stewart Island. In 2006, it had an operating revenue of NZ$19.6 million, NZ$7.1 million of this from rates revenue.
In the 27th annual Environment Southland Community Awards in 2023, the Fiordland Trails Trust was Highly Commended in the Environmental Action in the Community category. [ 9 ] In 2024, the trust announced that it had received approval to construct a 13 km (8.1 mi) section of new trail, running north from Te Anau to Boundary Creek, as part of ...
The main office of Environment Canterbury on Tuam Street in Christchurch. Environment Canterbury's main office is at 200 Tuam Street Christchurch in an environmentally friendly building designed and built to house the regional council's 500 Christchurch based staff. The old building was demolished in 2011 after the Canterbury earthquakes.
Rainwater flows past a sandbag and water control sock past a home destroyed in the Eaton Fire as a powerful atmospheric river storm impacts the region on February 13, 2025 in Altadena, California.
UPDATE: The Marmot Fire — off South Fork Drive and Cinnamon Canyon Road, southeast of Three Rivers — remained at 127 acres burned, according to Cal Fire on Wednesday morning. Containment was ...
Southland Region and Otago: New Zealand: Heavy rain on 21 September caused flooding in several places across the Southland and Otago regions including Gore and Queenstown. 100 homes were evacuated in Queenstown and Tuatapere's water treatment plant was damaged. A state of emergency was declared in the Southland Region. [73] [74]