Storm Update - Monday 14 February, 10am
Update Monday 14 February, 10am
The wild weather in the weekend resulted in surface flooding, slips, wastewater overflows and power outages throughout South Taranaki as Cyclone Dovi passed over us.
Residents are advised to be careful on the roads as there is still slips and debris about. Please stay out of floodwater and rivers and treat all floodwater as contaminated and rivers as dangerous.
Who to call
- If you become trapped by floodwaters, or life is at risk call 111 immediately.
- Fallen trees across local road, call South Taranaki District Council 0800111323
- Fallen trees across state highway - Waka Kotahi (NZTA) 0800 444 449
- Fallen trees on own property - insurance provider or 111 if life threatening
- Power outages - local power retailer
- Power lines down - Powerco 0800 27 27 27
- Flooding into your house - 111 and ask for Fire if you need assistance
- Flooding across local road - South Taranaki District Council 0800 111 323
- Flooding across state highway - Waka Kotahi (NZTA) 0800 444 449
Road Closures and Surface Flooding
13 crews are onsite to clean up the District following the weekend's wild weather, there are still roads that are closed, or needing caution.
Closed
- Tangahoe Road
- Morea Road
- Makino Road
- Rawhitiroa Road (Mangamingi, before Glen Nui)
- Glen Nui Road
- Waitotara Road
- Parekama Road
- Maben Road
- Wingrove Road
- Aorere Road
- Weraweraonga Road
- Waiteika Road
Open with Caution
- Omahina Road, Waverley
- Okahutiria Road, Waverley
- Old Lakes Road, Eltham
- Tiromoana Road, Eltham
- Ararata Road, up from bridge
- Sangster Road, Eltham
- Turuturu Road, Hawera
- Kakaramea Road
- Rangitatau Road
- Matthews Road
- Opua Road
- Upper Kiri Road
- Mid Parihaka
- Mid Arawhata
- Gregory Road
- Coast Road
For up-to-date information on road closures/incidents on State Highways (SH3 and SH45) got to the Waka Kotahi NZTA website here.
Wastewater overflows
Due to the weekend's sustained heavy rain, wind and power outages as cyclone Dovi passed over us, we have had various wastewater overflows throughout the District
Warning signs were already up (York St Pātea, Mana Bay, Pātea Boat ramp, Tawhiti Stream Hāwera, Middleton Bay and Ōpunakē Lake) from last weekend’s event and are now also up for (High Street, Glover Road Hāwera and Conway Road Eltham) and will remain in place until levels are considered safe.
Please do not collect fish/shellfish and plant life or come into contact with the water at these locations.
As a general rule heavy rain flushes contaminants from urban and rural land into waterways and we always advise people not to swim in streams/rivers for at least three days after heavy or prolonged rainfall – even if a site usually has good water quality.
Crews and sucker trucks are onsite dealing with these issues as quickly as possible.
Power Outages
An update from Powerco at 9am today said there were still over 3,000 people in Taranaki without power. Crews are onsite today. Visit www.powerco.co.nz/outages for more information.
Rubbish and Recycling Kerbside Collections
If you have bin clips on your wheelie bins, please ensure that these are fastened (just make sure that you have over 2kg of waste in your bins for these to work). Bin clips can be collected for free from your local LibraryPlus or the Administration Building.
Keep up-to-date
We recommend you keep an eye on our South Taranaki District Council facebook page and the Taranaki Civil Defence facebook page for information and updates over the weekend.
It’s also a good idea to download our Council Antenno App if you want to receive alerts/notifications to your mobile phone. It's incredibly easy to download and use.
