NZ Historic Weather Events Catalogue
January 2011 Upper North Island Storm ( 2011-01-28 )
Ex-tropical cyclone Wilma moved rapidly across the northeastern North Island on January 28 and 29, bringing very heavy rainfall and causing severe flooding and slips.
North Island
Multi Hazard
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North Island
Duration: 2 days - The Northern Region Fire Communications Centre responded to more than 400 weather-related incidents (slips, road closures, trees over roads and surface flooding) throughout the Northland, Auckland, Waikato, and Bay of Plenty regions during the storm.
Insurance claims totalled $19.8 million.
Northland
Multi Hazard
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Northland
Temporary welfare shelters were set up in Northland to house about 70 people, after tropical cyclone Wilma battered the area on the night of January 28. People from Kaeo through to Kawakawa were evacuated from their homes due to rising floodwaters.
About 280mm of torrential rain fell in the eastern hill country of Northland on January 28, This caused substantial damage to the region's road network and some water and sewage treatment plants.
Roads were washed out in Moerewa, Kawakawa, Haruru Falls, Paihia, Opua and Kaeo with extensive slips across Northland.
Flooding
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Paihia
Paihia's water treatment plant was damaged and residents were asked to conserve water.
Flooding
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Pipiwai
In Pipiwai, firefighters used a boat to rescue a man and woman who were stuck up trees for more than three hours, due to the rising flood waters.
Auckland
Flooding
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Auckland City
In the Auckland suburb of Clevedon, a doctor paddled across floodwaters in a kayak to reach a woman on the verge of giving birth. All roads out of the area were blocked and the woman could not get to hospital. The Westpac Rescue Helicopter eventually airlifted her to Middlemore's maternity ward where she gave birth later in the day.
Heavy rain caused sewage to spill into the water of some of Auckland's most popular beaches, with the council warning swimmers not to bathe at Mission Bay, Kohimarama and St Heliers until bacteria levels had subsided.
Landslide
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Waiheke Island
A house collapsed when it was hit by a large slip at Onetangi, on Waiheke Island.
Waikato
Multi Hazard
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Coromandel
Heavy rain in the Coromandel overwhelmed the sewage treatment station at Awarua Point, forcing raw sewage to flow over properties and into Whangamata's harbour and estuary. People were advised not to swim in the harbour or near the estuary entrance, or to collect shellfish from the area.
There were a number of slips on roads around the Coromandel Peninsula.
Very heavy rainfall was recorded in Coromandel town, with 31 mm of rain falling in an hour and 171.9 mm in a day.
Bay of Plenty
Flooding
at
Bay of Plenty
The Bay of Plenty District Health Board warned that people should avoid swimming in all rivers, streams and
harbours for 48 hours as farm runoff may have contaminated them with sewage.
Flooding
at
Tauranga
Sewage overflows were reported in Tauranga Harbour and residents were urged to conserve water.
Landslide
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Mount Maunganui
Mt Maunganui was closed to the public after severe mud slides
and landslips, resulting from the torrential rain, made the area unsafe.
References
- Insurance Council of New Zealand (www.icnz.org.nz/current/weather)
- Headline: Raw sewage overflows in Coromandel
- www.nzherald.co.nz, 29 January 2011
- Headline: Fierce storm batters country
- www.nzherald.co.nz, 29 January 2011
- Headline: Welfare shelters set up in Northland
- www.nzherald.co.nz, 29 January 2011
- Headline: Wilma's fury leaves heroes in wake
- www.nzherald.co.nz, 30 January 2011
- Headline: Cyclone Wilma hits strong in North Island
- www.stuff.co.nz, Source: The Press, 29 January 2011.
January 2011 Upper North Island Storm ( 2011-01-28 )
Ex-tropical cyclone Wilma moved rapidly across the northeastern North Island on January 28 and 29, bringing very heavy rainfall and causing severe flooding and slips.
North Island
Multi Hazard
at
North Island
Duration: 2 days - The Northern Region Fire Communications Centre responded to more than 400 weather-related incidents (slips, road closures, trees over roads and surface flooding) throughout the Northland, Auckland, Waikato, and Bay of Plenty regions during the storm.
Insurance claims totalled $19.8 million.
Northland
Multi Hazard
at
Northland
Temporary welfare shelters were set up in Northland to house about 70 people, after tropical cyclone Wilma battered the area on the night of January 28. People from Kaeo through to Kawakawa were evacuated from their homes due to rising floodwaters.
About 280mm of torrential rain fell in the eastern hill country of Northland on January 28, This caused substantial damage to the region's road network and some water and sewage treatment plants.
Roads were washed out in Moerewa, Kawakawa, Haruru Falls, Paihia, Opua and Kaeo with extensive slips across Northland.
Flooding
at
Paihia
Paihia's water treatment plant was damaged and residents were asked to conserve water.
Flooding
at
Pipiwai
In Pipiwai, firefighters used a boat to rescue a man and woman who were stuck up trees for more than three hours, due to the rising flood waters.
Auckland
Flooding
at
Auckland City
In the Auckland suburb of Clevedon, a doctor paddled across floodwaters in a kayak to reach a woman on the verge of giving birth. All roads out of the area were blocked and the woman could not get to hospital. The Westpac Rescue Helicopter eventually airlifted her to Middlemore's maternity ward where she gave birth later in the day.
Heavy rain caused sewage to spill into the water of some of Auckland's most popular beaches, with the council warning swimmers not to bathe at Mission Bay, Kohimarama and St Heliers until bacteria levels had subsided.
Landslide
at
Waiheke Island
A house collapsed when it was hit by a large slip at Onetangi, on Waiheke Island.
Waikato
Multi Hazard
at
Coromandel
Heavy rain in the Coromandel overwhelmed the sewage treatment station at Awarua Point, forcing raw sewage to flow over properties and into Whangamata's harbour and estuary. People were advised not to swim in the harbour or near the estuary entrance, or to collect shellfish from the area.
There were a number of slips on roads around the Coromandel Peninsula.
Very heavy rainfall was recorded in Coromandel town, with 31 mm of rain falling in an hour and 171.9 mm in a day.
Bay of Plenty
Flooding
at
Bay of Plenty
The Bay of Plenty District Health Board warned that people should avoid swimming in all rivers, streams and
harbours for 48 hours as farm runoff may have contaminated them with sewage.
Flooding
at
Tauranga
Sewage overflows were reported in Tauranga Harbour and residents were urged to conserve water.
Landslide
at
Mount Maunganui
Mt Maunganui was closed to the public after severe mud slides
and landslips, resulting from the torrential rain, made the area unsafe.
References
- Insurance Council of New Zealand (www.icnz.org.nz/current/weather)
- Headline: Raw sewage overflows in Coromandel
- www.nzherald.co.nz, 29 January 2011
- Headline: Fierce storm batters country
- www.nzherald.co.nz, 29 January 2011
- Headline: Welfare shelters set up in Northland
- www.nzherald.co.nz, 29 January 2011
- Headline: Wilma's fury leaves heroes in wake
- www.nzherald.co.nz, 30 January 2011
- Headline: Cyclone Wilma hits strong in North Island
- www.stuff.co.nz, Source: The Press, 29 January 2011.