Flow into Lake Opuha drops off after reaching 87 per cent capacity
The flow into Lake Opuha has abated after surging from 15 to 87 per cent capacity.
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The flow into Lake Opuha has abated after surging from 15 to 87 per cent capacity.
An empty man-made lake has saved parts of the Timaru District from even worse flood damage over the past two days, holding back about 40 million cumecs of water.
One of the oldest wooden churches in Canterbury came close to being engulfed by rising floodwaters.
Temuka resident Harley Hedges spent much of Sunday filling bags of sand to protect his property – which borders a normally tranquil stream.
Neil Tinkler herded his 74 sheep around his house to keep them out of rising floodwaters after the Temuka River broke through a stopbank.