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Wednesday 21 May - 12:41 am

Dam failure – Canterbury

Oupha Dam failure

Start

06 Feb 1997

2:05 AM

Finish

8:20 AM

<p>Declared at 0205, terminated at 0820. About 200 residents evacuated from Stratheona and Butlers Crossing when 40 metre Opuha Dam overfilled and failed releasing 13 x 106m3 of water. Normal flow of the Opuha 30-40 cumecs, peaked at 1500 cumecs.</p>