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Flooding in Bennett Street
- Description
Flooding in Bennett Street, with businesses Palmerston North Joinery Ltd, Fiatagri, Hansen Interiors and ABL affected.
The floods of July 1988 occurred after Palmerston North experienced the highest 24 hour rainfall on record. It fell mostly between 1pm and midnight 24 July. A state of emergency was declared. More than 1000 people were evacuated from 12 flooded streets when the Mangaone Stream and the Kawau Stream flowed at very high levels, closing trapdoors and storm water drains. Most of the flooded homes were in Amberley Avenue, Chadwick Place, Pencarrow Street and Cedar Grove.
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Content type
- Image > B+W negative
- Relation
- Coolstore
- Date
- July 25, 1988
- Digitisation ID
- 2023N_2017-20_041440
- Format
- B&W negative