Brown said he had never seen the river as high as it is in his life. Acting Minister for Emergency Management Kris Faafoi said plans were being made for evacuations in Asburton, if they are needed. Homes would be evacuated during daylight if required, rather than overnight, he said.
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Floodwaters from the Waihi River pour across a property at Winchester in South Canterbury.
Rescues and evacuations are under way across Canterbury as heavy rain batters the region causing widespread flooding and power outages. More than 200 millimetres of rain has already fallen in parts of the Canterbury High Country since Saturday afternoon and as much is predicted to fall again by Monday morning.
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Invercargill Central Ltd director Scott O’Donnell, pictured here in the old Cambridge Arcade says strengthening earthquake prone buildings comes at a huge cost. The arcade was listed on the priority earthquake prone building register. It was demolished as part of the CBD redevelopment, but care was taken to keep historical facades.
The cost of strengthening earthquake prone buildings poses a significant challenge to small-town New Zealand, Invercargill Central Ltd director Scott O’Donnell says. This comes after the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) recently announced that all the priority earthquake prone buildings in New Zealand’s high seismic risk areas had been identified, and it was moving on to identifying the non-priority buildings that needed strengthening.
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Invercargill Central Ltd director Scott O’Donnell, pictured here in the old Cambridge Arcade says strengthening earthquake prone buildings comes at a huge cost. The arcade was listed on the priority earthquake prone building register. It was demolished as part of the CBD redevelopment, but care was taken to keep historical facades.
The cost of strengthening earthquake prone buildings poses a significant challenge to small-town New Zealand, Invercargill Central Ltd director Scott O’Donnell says. This comes after the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) recently announced that all the priority earthquake prone buildings in New Zealand’s high seismic risk areas had been identified, and it was moving on to identifying the non-priority buildings that needed strengthening.
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