| Civil Emergency ! Flooding in and around Whakatane July 2004 |
| After several days of heavy rain, the Whakatane River catchment area was completely waterlogged. We then had 48 hours of non-stop solid rain which had nowhere to go. |
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| Looking upstream from the nearby stop-bank. Older now obsolete stop-banks are covered by the floodwater |
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| Looking downstream as the swollen river rushes towards the main river bridge |
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| Walter Park remained dry but Bridge Street was impassable and the Awatapu subdivision was evacuated as the stopbanks threatened to breach |
| A new 'river' between Garaway Street and Bridge Street |