Floods – Southland
Mataura Borough flooding
Start
17 Jan 1980
Finish
19 Jan 1980
Mataura Borough flooding. 1500 people evacuated.
Floods – Southland
Mataura flooding
Start
27 Jan 1979
6:20 PM
Finish
28 Jan 1979
9:35 AM
Declared at 1820 on 27th; terminated at 0935 on 28th
Floods – Southland
Invercargill, Bluff & Stewart Island flooding and storm damage
Start
14 Oct 1978
Finish
19 Oct 1978
Invercargill, Bluff & Stewart Island flooding and storm damage
Floods – Southland
Mataura flooding
Start
14 Oct 1978
Finish
19 Oct 1978
1826 people evacuated. Direct damage estimated at$30m (1991). (Insurance claims from this totalled $46.8m (1991). Stock losses: 30,000 sheep, 800 cattle, 900 beehives
Floods – Southland
Southland County flooding
Start
14 Oct 1978
Finish
17 Oct 1978
Including Gore and Wyndham. 700 evacuated overnight on 14th at Wyndham
Floods – Southland
Mataura flooding
Start
09 Sep 1972
Finish
09 Sep 1972
Mataura flooding
Floods – Southland
Cyclone Giselle Gore Mataura flooding
Start
10 Apr 1968
Finish
10 Apr 1968
Cyclone Giselle. 300 evacuated in Gore & Mataura, 700 in Wyndham. Across the country this storm resulted in insurance claims of $140.4m (1994) of which the Wahine was worth $104m