Old Invercargill
It was 36 years on 27-31st January 1984 it rained solidly for days around Invercargill and Southland suffered severe flooding.
Friday 27th January 1984 was named Southland’s Black Friday, take a look back at how town looked, some amazing images.
Below we have listed all the Flood chapters.
The Video:
The worst floods in memory struck Invercargill and parts of rural Southland on Friday 27th January 1984.
The disaster was foreshadowed by a national weather office report two days earlier, heavy rain was likely for 24-48 hours possibly over the whole South Island.
The weather map the next day Thursday 26th January showed a cold front was stationary over Southland and not expected to move for 18 hours.
Video: Compiled by Civil Defense after the floods.
https://whatsoninvers.nz/flashback-1984-floods-1/
https://whatsoninvers.nz/flashback-1984-floods-2/
https://whatsoninvers.nz/flashback-1984-floods-3/
https://whatsoninvers.nz/flashback-1984-floods-4/
https://whatsoninvers.nz/flashback-1984-floods-5/
http://whatsoninvers.nz/flashback-southands-black-friday-the-january-1984-flood-book/