Better forecasting of flood risks will give people in Westport more than eight hours - rather than the current one and a half - to evacuate and avoid disaster. Read...
The West Coast deluge that swamped Westport, damaging hundreds of homes, also brought `incredible` flood flows that were the largest recorded in any river here in nearly a century. The devastating flooding on July 17 came as the... Read...
Flood flows on the Buller River this month were the largest of any river in New Zealand in almost 100 years, NIWA measurements show.NIWA environmental monitoring technician Mike O`Driscoll used a radar gun from the Westport and... Read...
Westport was more than likely the wettest place in the country this month but forecasters can`t say for sure because the rain gauge broke during the recent flooding event.MetService meteorologist Dan Corrigan said the gauge wasn`t... Read...
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is addressing media at Westport`s Emergency Operations Centre after meeting residents hard-hit by severe flooding. Read...
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is addressing media at Westport`s Emergency Operations Centre after meeting residents hard-hit by severe flooding. Read...
Buller members of the West Coast Regional Council say criticism levelled at them by Mayor Jamie Cleine over the Westport flood was unfair and unfounded. Read...