Pog Mahones bar worker Paul Murphy surveys flood damage in the Rees St bar during the 1999 emergency. Parts of the interior can now be quickly dismantled and removed if a flood threatens. Photos by ODT. : Learning from the big flood
Pog Mahones bar worker Paul Murphy surveys flood damage in the Rees St bar during the 1999 emergency. Parts of the interior can now be quickly dismantled and removed if a flood threatens. Photos by ODT. : Learning from the big flood
Ian Bell and Sonya Tamblyn clean up outside their Rees St store. : Learning from the big flood
Ian Bell and Sonya Tamblyn clean up outside their Rees St store. : Learning from the big flood
The Shotover River delta in 2006, before the construction of the training line. Photos by ORC. : Learning from the big flood
The Shotover River delta in 2006, before the construction of the training line. Photos by ORC. : Learning from the big flood
The delta as it is today. : Learning from the big flood
The delta as it is today. : Learning from the big flood
Learning from the big flood
Fifteen years ago on Monday, Lake Wakatipu, swelled by 350mm of rain which fell in its catchment over three days, burst its banks and flooded...