Floods – West Coast
Runanga Borough flooding
Start
13 Sep 1988
2:39 PM
Finish
14 Sep 1988
Declared at 1439 for Runanga Borough
Floods – West Coast
Greymouth Borough and Grey County flooding
Start
13 Sep 1988
9:13 AM
Finish
16 Sep 1988
DRC appointed 16.9.88. Stock losses 1380 sheep, 80 cattle, 6 deer. The Grey peaked at 5800 cumecs
Floods – West Coast
Inangahua County Flooding
Start
13 Sep 1988
9:13 AM
Finish
14 Sep 1988
One death. 356 people evacuated from 183 houses. Insurance claims $15.6m (1994) excluding EQC.
Floods – Manawatū - Whanganui
Manawatu/Foxton flooding
Start
02 Sep 1988
Finish
03 Sep 1988
Kopane/Lockwood area of Manawatu County
Floods – Manawatū - Whanganui
Palmerston North flooding
Start
24 Jul 1988
Finish
27 Jul 1988
For City area. 1200 evacuated. Declared at 2212 Sunday; lifted at 0900 Wednesday
Floods – Auckland
West Auckland flooding
Start
17 Jul 1988
Finish
18 Jul 1988
West Auckland flooding. 32 people evacuated.
Floods – West Coast
Greymouth flooding
Start
20 May 1988
Finish
23 May 1988
For Greymouth Borough. 402 people evacuated from 102 houses. Stock losses 1800 sheep, 163 cattle, 35 pigs The Grey peaked at 5100 cumecs. Insurance (excl EQC) $3.7m (1994)
Floods – Hawke's Bay
Cyclone Bola Hawke's Bay
Start
11 Mar 1988
Finish
13 Mar 1988
Cyclone Bola: for areas from Whirinaki Bluff to Raupunga. Over the whole country insurance losses in Bola totalled $42.74m (1991) excluding EQC claims
Floods – Northland
Cyclone Bola North Kaipara
Start
10 Mar 1988
Finish
13 Mar 1988
Cyclone Bola. 2 deaths. Northland insurance losses were $3.72m (1991) excluding EQC
Floods – Hawke's Bay
Cyclone Bola Hawke's Bay County
Start
09 Mar 1988
Finish
10 Mar 1988
Cyclone Bola
Floods – Waikato
Cyclone Bola Thames Valley
Start
08 Mar 1988
Finish
Cyclone Bola. 84 evacuees
Severe weather – Taranaki
Cyclone Bola North Taranaki
Start
08 Mar 1988
Finish
10 Mar 1988
Cyclone Bola
Floods – Hawke's Bay
Cyclone Bola Wairoa
Start
08 Mar 1988
Finish
17 Mar 1988
Cyclone Bola. 330 people evacuated. Wairoa insurance losses (excluding EQC) were $3.79m (1991)
Floods – Tairawhiti
Cyclone Bola East Cape Region
Start
07 Mar 1988
9:00 PM
Finish
25 Mar 1988
Cyclone Bola (made at 2100 hrs). Re-extended: applied to Poverty Bay, Waikohu County and Waiapu County. DRC appointed on 09.03.88 for 28 days. Reappointed on 01.04 and 01.05 (28 days each time). 3000 people were evacuated at Gisborne and 400 at Te Karaka. 3 deaths. The East Cape and Poverty Bay insurance losses were $3.53m and Gisborne losses $4.58m (both 1991 and excluding EQC)
Floods – Tairawhiti
Cyclone Bola Poverty Bay
Start
07 Mar 1988
4:27 PM
Finish
07 Mar 1988
9:00 PM
Cyclone Bola (from 1627 to 2100 hrs)
Other – Hawke's Bay
Fire services strikes
Start
24 Mar 1987
9:00 AM
Finish
08 Apr 1987
10:00 AM
Napier Hastings/Havelock. Fire services strikes (Declarations were from 0900 hrs to 1000 hrs each day from 24.03 to 08.04. In each centre 4 separate declarations were involved)
Wildfire – Waikato
Thames Valley bush fire
Start
19 Mar 1987
4:00 AM
Finish
19 Mar 1987
A bush fire above Thames in the night required evacuation of some 130 people for several hours. (Declared 0400)
Floods – Southland
Southland Region flooding
Start
13 Mar 1987
Finish
16 Mar 1987
For all regions except Bluff Borough & Gore/Mataura (where emergency ended 0930 hrs on 13th). Final termination at 1330 on 16th
Floods – Southland
Southland Region flooding
Start
11 Mar 1987
6:30 PM
Finish
13 Mar 1987
For whole region excluding Bluff Borough (i.e. including Invercargill). Declared at 1830 hrs
Floods – Otago
Vincent Combined flooding
Start
11 Mar 1987
Finish
12 Mar 1987
Declaration for: Vincent County & Cromwell and Alexandra Boroughs