Temuka River dropping, and bridges both open, 10 am May 26, 2010
Wednesday 26 May 2010, 10:49AM
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Environment Canterbury advises that the Temuka River is dropping and there is no current threat to Temuka township. Both bridges are open.
People have been ringing the Civil Defence emergency operations centres locally concerned about the river and the surrounding land.
The river peaked at 5.30 am this morning at 564 cumecs (cubic metres of water per second) and is now at 481 cumecs and slowly dropping, said Environment Canterbury Flood Controller Philip Lees.
“Environment Canterbury is monitoring the river as more rain is forecast for today,” he said.
People can check the state of the river on line:
Temuka River at the Manse bridge recorder:
Overview:
http://ecan.govt.nz/services/online-services/monitoring/river-flows/pages/river-flows-south.aspx