Early warning system coming for flood-prone Gore residents
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Concern stop banks could collapse in high flood event
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A further 1500-plus were evacuated from Mataura. Hicks admits he got little to no sleep that night fearing what could unfold. As day broke, a light was shone on the enormity of the situation. A handful of houses and businesses in Ontario St and Toronto St were flooded, while the flood banks along other parts of the river in Gore were at capacity. The community quickly rallied at St Peter’s College to fill and then deliver sandbags in a quest to protect vulnerable homes and businesses in preparation for the worse. However, as the rain eased so did the tensions in the eastern Southland town.
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It s been a difficult 10 months for Gore couple Malcolm and Kerry Neilson getting their flood-damaged home livable again.
Gore flood victims Malcolm and Kerry Neilson say the support they gave each other helped them through the difficult times in 2020. The Neilsons are toasting in 2021 leaving behind the stress caused by the February floods, being unable to live in their home for eight months and coping with Covid-19 restrictions in cramped emergency housing. It doesn’t end there, within a week of the floods, Kerry underwent breast surgery and in July while removing gib board in her damaged home, she slipped and broke a wrist.