2020 Floods

Fiordland businesses are scrambling to keep tills ticking over as the road into Milford Sound remains completely blocked by slips, mayor Gary Tong says. State Highway 94, Milford Road, is still completely blocked by slips triggered by last week’s heavy rain. Southland Emergency Management controller

This is an official message from Emergency Management Southland. Now’s a good time to check on your mates Southland! While the rain might have stopped, it’s still just as important to check on your mates and make sure they’re okay. Unprecedented rainfall in the past week across Southland has seen wi

Some residents in flood-swamped areas of Southland have had emotional reunions with their four-legged friends today, after billeting them in special animal evacuation centres. On the back streets of Edendale, the Vetco clinic became one-such modern Noah’s ark – welcoming 11 moggies, 11 pooches and o

Emergency Management Southland Update: MATAURA REOPENS Mataura was reopened to residents at 6.00pm tonight. There is still some areas of surface flooding. The worst affected areas are: Main Street  between the Caltex service station and Tullochs Transport,  Oakland Street between Tulloch Park and Bu

Flood waters entered 21 homes in the Gore District during this week’s civil defence emergency. An assessment of the worst affected properties in Gore, Mataura and rural areas was carried out today by the Gore District Council’s building team, with assistance from Southland District Council. There we

This is an official message from Emergency Management Southland Southland Emergency Management Controller Bruce Halligan has thanked the Southland community for the huge effort in providing support to each other during the flooding earlier this week. “People throughout Southland pitched in to provid

This is an official message from Emergency Management Southland. Southland farmers affected by the recent flooding are being reminded that support is available from various sources, including MPI, Emergency Management Southland, the Rural Support Trust, and industry organisations. “Our priority is f

Feb 7, 10:40 AM Please note this post will no longer be updated and all road information and updates will be published at this link https://whatsoninvers.nz/live-flood-updates-news-road-information-updates-from-councils-emergency-southland/   Feb 7, 10 AM Emergency Management Southland An update on