Back to top

Napier Floods Update - Wednesday 11 November 2020

Fire and Emergency and NZ Defence Force first responders assisted another 30 people to evacuate over-night from flooded areas of Napier city, "says Fire and Emergency NZ Hawkes Bay Area Manager Ken Cooper.

"As at 10 am today 135 properties had been assessed, and 23 found to be uninhabitable, 12 of those significantly damaged," Ken Cooper says.

"Our multi-agency recovery teams have now completed an initial overall assessment of the impacted areas.

"Urban Search and Rescue and Napier City Council engineers will continue more indepth assessments of properties today.

"Our multi-agency teams are again out in the most severely impacted areas of Napier. Today residents’ well-being and welfare is at the forefront of our collaborative recovery effort, and our assessment teams are focusing on people’s welfare in the most impacted areas of Maraenui, Marewa and Pirimai."

The teams are made up of personnel and volunteers from Red Cross, Civil Defence, Fire and Emergency’s Urban Search and Rescue, Napier City Council and Hawkes Bay DHB Public Health.

Impacted residents seeking assistance can call 0800 422 923

11 November 2020

Back to News

Hawke's Bay Emergency Management - Copyright © 2024 Hawke's Bay Emergency Management

Disclaimers and Copyright
While every endeavour has been taken by the Hawke's Bay Emergency Management to ensure that the information on this website is accurate and up to date, Hawke's Bay Emergency Management shall not be liable for any loss suffered through the use, directly or indirectly, of information on this website. Information contained has been assembled in good faith. Some of the information available in this site is from the New Zealand Public domain and supplied by relevant government agencies. Hawke's Bay Emergency Management cannot accept any liability for its accuracy or content. Portions of the information and material on this site, including data, pages, documents, online graphics and images are protected by copyright, unless specifically notified to the contrary. Externally sourced information or material is copyright to the respective provider.

© Hawke's Bay Emergency Management - hbemergency.govt.nz / +64 6 835 9200 / enquiries@hbemergency.govt.nz