Environment
It was 38 years on 26-31st 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.
