[8pm 11/1/12]
Location: Christchurch
District: National Alerts
Flash flood risk downgraded
Short description: Flash flood risk downgraded
Full description:
Flash Flooding Risk downgraded.
Police received a report at 6pm tonight of a large surge of water visible from the air moving down the Waimakiri river
towards the sea. It was sighted in the Christchurch McLeans Island area and although river levels are high the initial
reported risk appears to have passed.
Police report that river levels remain high and may increase. We request the public and recreational river users avoid
the low lying river bank areas of all canterbury rivers.
At this time there appears no risk to properties.
ENDS