Hawke s Bay s coast back to normal - aftershocks could derail that
7 Mar, 2021 11:53 PM
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Hawkes Bay Today
By Louise Gould
The coast is clear after Friday s severe earthquake near the Kermadec Islands triggered tsunami warnings and evacuations for Hawke s Bay – at least for now.
Hawke s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management Group controller Ian Macdonald said until Saturday morning there was still activity around the Pacific and the world as a result of the 8.1-magnitude quake.
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Macdonald advised the public to remain careful around the water up to 72 hours after a big earthquake and tsunami warning.
Clive River was flowing the wrong way and seemed abnormally high for low tide on Saturday, March 6. Photo / Screenshot
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Rivermouth closes causing Clive River flooding
2 Mar, 2021 03:26 AM
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The Clive River flooded at Evers-Swindell Reserve after the rivermouth closed. Photo / Warren Buckland
A low flow led to an overflow for the Clive River on Monday, with the Evers-Swindell Reserve being flooded after king tides and low river levels combined to close the rivermouth.
The Hawke s Bay Regional Council engineering officer schemes, Luke Davis, said in summer low river flows can combine with large easterly swells and cause rivermouths to close, as the confluence of the Ngaruroro, Tūtaekurī and Clive rivers did on the weekend. This can cause flooding upstream, like what we saw at Clive s Evers-Swindell Reserve, Davis said.