More Info →Flooding affected houses, cars and washing line

Description

Image shows flooded street with houses affected, and submerged cars.

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_041441

Format

B&W negative