More than 800 Wairarapa homes at risk of flooding

More than 800 Wairarapa homes at risk of flooding
6 Apr, 2021 11:15 PM
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Aerial shot of the 1976 floods in Wairarapa. Photo / Wairarapa Archive
Wairarapa Times-Age
By: Sue Teodoro
And the cost to homeowners could exceed $40 million in Masterton alone.
As days become shorter and nights longer, residents in flood-prone areas are worried about how winter weather will affect them.
A Greater Wellington Regional Council spokesperson said about 590 properties in urban Masterton were at risk in a one-in-100-year flood, with about 130 properties in urban Greytown possibly affected.
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Estimates were not available for Martinborough, Featherston or Carterton.
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The cost would include damaged infrastructure, the clean-up and emergency services' costs.

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