Otago's wettest week: in pictures 04 Oct 2024, 23:10 · RNZA driver makes their way through floodwaters on Forbury Road, on Friday.Photo: Otago Daily Times / Stephen Jaquiery Twice a season's worth of rain within days caused mayhem in Otago this week, with evacuations, essential services disrupted, and roads damaged and closed.
By 9am Friday, central Dunedin had recorded more than 130mm of rain in the previous 42 hours, twice their average October monthly rainfall. Niwa said it was the most rain one of their Dunedin rain stations had ever recorded - and it continued to fall through the day.
Here's some of what was captured through Friday:
Sandbagging underway in Botha Street, Tainui.Photo: Nathan Mckinnon/RNZ Flood waters surrounding houses in Tainui, on Friday.Photo: RNZ / Nathan McKinnon Keeping everyone safePhoto: RNZ/Nathan McKinnon Botha StreetPhoto: Nathan Mckinnon/RNZ A sandbagged property on Surrey Street, in South Dunedin, on Friday evening.Photo: RNZ/Nathan McKinnon Macandrew Bay on Otago Peninsula.Photo: Supplied / Hakan Oktay A group of 10 people from the Otago Punjabi Foundation Trust out delivering more than 100 hot meals to flood-affected residents in Dunedin.Photo: RNZ / Jessica Hopkins Floodwaters flowing around this Waikouaiti house.Photo: Supplied / Susan Rebergen Floodwaters flowing through a property in Dunedin's Waikouaiti.Photo: Supplied / Susan Rebergen Macandrew Bay SchoolPhoto: Supplied / Nic Brown A large slip across the road in Company Bay, Dunedin.Photo: Otago Regional Council/ Supplied- Paul Le Comte Churchill Street, St KildaPhoto: RNZ/Tess Brunton Flooding on Surrey Street, South Dunedin, on Friday morning (left) and evening (right).Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon Despite being nervous about how the toilet would handle the floodwaters, Osbourne Street resident Margaret Thompson was determined to stay put at home.Photo: Otago Daily Times/ Stephen Jaquiery Valerie's Ark.Photo: RNZ / Nathan Mckinnon Macandrew Bay resident Shaun Campbell in front of a landslip that buried his neighbour's car.Photo: Otago Daily Times/ Stephen Jaquiery A slip and flooding on Portobello Road, close to Macandrew Bay.Photo: Supplied / Izzi Priest-Forsyth Shay Casey and Hannah Mutch, evacuating their Kirkcaldy Street home on Friday, and taking their pugs with them.Photo: Otago Daily Times/ Stephen Jaquiery Mcandrew Road, South DunedinPhoto: Nathan Mckinnon/RNZ A stormwater drain gushing water on Forbury Road, St Clair.Photo: Otago Daily Times / Debbie Porteous People fill sandbags at the Junction Cafe, on the corner of Hargest Crescent and Richardson Street, in St Clair.Photo: Otago Daily Times / Stephen Jaquiery The Leith River in flood, on Friday.Photo: RNZ/Nathan McKinnon Green IslandPhoto: Alysha Gibbs Soldiers supervising a cordon in Hargest Crescent, St Kilda, on Saturday morning.Photo: Otago Daily Times/ Stephen Jaquiery Many travellers found themselves stuck, as roads closed.Photo: Supplied / Clutha District Council South of Balclutha on Friday.Photo: Lisa Dunlop via Otago Weather Updates / Facebook At Toko MouthPhoto: Simon Davies/supplied Toko MouthPhoto: Simon Davies/supplied Darryl Shanks rescues sheep and lambs from islands made by the rising creek in Otago.Photo: Supplied / Emma Bardsley Photo: NZTA Waka Kotahi Photo: NZTA Waka Kotahi Rocks loosened by the rain fell in the Cromwell-Clyde Gorge on Friday, badly damaging a car, though the three occupants were unhurt.Photo: Otago Daily Times/ Ruby Shaw