Overall Green alert Flood
in New Zealand

Event summary

This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1102230
Death: 0
Displaced: -
Countries: New Zealand
From - To 21 Sep - 23 Sep

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South Island, New Zealand, Late September 2023Gore District the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand declared a state of emergency after heavy rain on 21 September 2023 caused flooding and the Mataura River to rise. About 17 roads were closed in the area. Public offices and buildings were closed. Emergency accommodation centres were set up. No evacuations were reported as of 21 September. Gore recorded 66 mm of rain - over a month's worth - in less than 12 hours.Thu 21 Sep 2023FloodList provided by Copernicus GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),