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West Coast weather event - brief update for media
West Coast weather event - brief update for media
WEST COAST CIVIL DEFENCE UPDATE
Following an agency briefing at 11:30am this morning, we can confirm that:
SH6 from Hokitika township south to Makarora will be closed until further notice.
Assessments continue to be made on all roads that have been impacted.
Motorists are
requested to consider other travel options and keep up to
date with State Highway conditions here:
https://www.journeys.nzta.govt.nz/traffic
Power is out from Fox south to Bruce Bay, assessments are underway.
Residents in Franz and Fox Glacier are advised to conserve water on public supply lines, due to communications and power outages.
Another agency briefing will be held at 4:00pm this afternoon, further updates will be provided following this meeting.
WEST COAST CDEM GROUP
- OFFICIAL PUBLIC INFORMATION & SITUATION MAP:
This map
pulls in available information from our partner agencies and
intelligence sources and puts it all in one place. For
example rather than view MetService New Zealand and NZTA
maps separately you can view them both together with this
map:
https://westcoastcdem.maps.arcgis.com/…/webappv…/index.html…
WEST
COAST CDEM GROUP - PUBLIC CROWDSOURCED IMAGES:
If you
have any images that will provide us information of the
situation in your area please use the link below
https://arcg.is/15z40j
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