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Flooding in Paeroa


The Bay of Plenty has had bits and pieces of rain and bad weather over Winter but last week when my daughter and I drove through the Hauraki District of Paeroa we saw first hand just how much more they have had than us. We stopped and turned off into a side road so I could take this photo. This area, above has the bridge over the water so people can drive to Auckland, usually the river just flows naturally but it looks like it had badly burst - in fact further to the left there was drainage which was bubbling high in the air, I think it was struggling to cope with it all.


And when I looked to our right here is the farmland up next door, thankfully the cows are safe in their paddocks and that the rain hadn't reached them. This area of land is quite flat and is quite prone to flooding.

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eileeninmd said…
Hello, it does look like the river overflowed. I am glad the cows were safe. Great photos. Enjoy your day and weekend ahead.
20 July 2018 at 07:36
Carol @Comfort Spring Station said…
Sorry to see so much flooding - hope it dries off soon
20 July 2018 at 08:14
William Kendall said…
It does look like high waters.
20 July 2018 at 08:39
Susan Heather said…
The whole of that area and the Coromandel Peninsular seem to have been hit a lot by these storms lately. We are lucky as they have bi-passed us.
20 July 2018 at 08:56
Jim said…
Too much rain too quickly.
20 July 2018 at 09:02
Billy Blue Eyes said…
We could do with some of that rain though we could do with out the floods
20 July 2018 at 09:19
Spare Parts and Pics said…
Wow, that looks like a lot of water!! Glad the cows are safe!
20 July 2018 at 10:14
Rhonda Albom said…
I didn't realise how bad the flooding had been.
20 July 2018 at 23:17
Graham Edwards said…
They seem to be prepared for flooding there.
22 July 2018 at 19:44
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