North Canterbury News: June 03, 2021
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NEWS<br />
30 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>June</strong> 3, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Storm one for the <strong>Canterbury</strong> record books<br />
The rain kept coming ...<br />
Emergency services at the<br />
Cones Road bridge over the<br />
Ashley River on Sunday<br />
morning.<br />
PHOTOS: SUPPLIED<br />
Ashley River carnage ... Part of abeehive lies wedged in atree<br />
in Okuku, after being carried over deer fences.<br />
River torrent ... Apedestrian crosses the Ashley Gorge bridge. The gorge river<br />
flow peaked at more than 1000 cubic metres per second.<br />
Massive flow ... The swollen Ashley just west of the<br />
Cones Road bridge.<br />
Stormwater ... Alarge swale in apark in Acacia Ave, Rangiora, does its job.<br />
Determined ... Acyclist braves the conditions at the Ashley River on Monday.<br />
Feeding out ... Horses in Ashley get their morning<br />
hay ration, in ascene that played out across the region<br />
on Sunday.<br />
Road block ... Ahuge wash out has cut<br />
access to Lees Valley.<br />
Fences down ... Damage to an Okuku property. Awash ... The playground at the Cust Community Centre. Ashley River aftermath ... Floodwaters recede.
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