Floods – West Coast
Greymouth flooding
Start
19 Jan 1977
3:30 AM
Finish
19 Jan 1977
Declared at 0330. 40 people evacuated
Floods – West Coast
Karamea flooding
Start
21 Nov 1973
Finish
22 Nov 1973
Several families evacuated
Earthquakes – West Coast
Buller combined earthquake
Start
24 May 1968
Finish
30 May 1968
Buller combined earthquake
Earthquakes – West Coast
Inangahua County earthquake
Start
24 May 1968
Finish
30 May 1968
2 deaths (3 others were killed in a helicopter accident during restoration work). 301 evacuees, EQC claims totalled $25.5m (1994)