A doctor in the hut looked after "a couple of people" who had been injured, McKay said. "It's just a question of who writes the check. New Zealand’s landslides often happen after a rainstorm and may damage roads, railways and farms.
"Mr Smith said there would have been many more people stuck if the slips had occurred a few weeks later.
Was ready to run for it! What type of landslide was this and was anyone hurt? "Road closures mean we cannot get the tourists to any of their destinations if we bring them out of Milford and there are accommodation challenges due to other travellers being caught up in the effects of the flooding which is becoming widespread across Southland. About 70 "stragglers'', located on the Te Anau side of the Homer Tunnel (State Highway 94), were evacuated by helicopter although nearly 500, including tourists and about 300 staff, remain trapped in Milford Sound. where one party got an overwhelming majority of the seats. Live: No new cases reported in New Zealand, South Korean case may have come from Singapore Government defends strongly worded 'advice' on the Covid …
"They're warm and accommodated and being fed so they're not really our top priority, it's really the people out on the eastern side of the Homer Tunnel who we need to get down from these huts and lodges," McKay said. 4 Feb, 2020 8:08am.
McKay said the priority this morning was to get the 31 out from the hut area, and others from other huts on various tracks. While heavy rain warnings still remain in place across much of the South today, the MetService has lifted its red warning for Fiordland, saying heavy rain was easing in the area. The harder ‘crust’ on top squashes the softer ‘custard’ underneath, and then the top layer falls down.
Thus, landslide elections at that time were defined in an identical fashion, i.e. Can you find out what large landslides there have been in New Zealand recently. The slip hit the Howden Hut at 1.30am, damaging the building and leaving two of the 31 people inside with minor injuries. The landslide, which reportedly has been developing for some time, has destroyed the road, causing considerable local disruption.
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Twelve million cubic metres of Aoraki/Mt Cook fell away in 1991, lowering the peak by 10 metres. There are different types of landslides. This is called a lahar.In the North Island hill country, especially the East Coast, some rocks have slumped and moved sideways.
It had a volume of 27 cubic kilometres - that's 27,000 million cubic metres - making it one of the larges known landslides of Earth, and the largest in New Zealand. Nearly 1,000 tourists are stranded in the small New Zealand town of Franz Josef after stormy weekend weather triggered landslides and flooding along the town's main road.
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"So 1000mm in an entire event has been seen before, but to get that in two-and-a-half days has been quite a lot." "They all have the option of taking fixed wing planes or helicopters," Smith said. "Forecasts look better for tomorrow, so we will continue with plans to safely evacuate everybody in the morning." The priority was to get them out, along with trampers on other parts of the Routeburn or Hollyford tracks.
While there were no reported injuries, authorities said that access to the town is unlikely to be restored until Friday.The Rangitata river burst its banks at the weekend after heavy rain.Some of the tourists were choosing to leave by helicopter or small plane while others were waiting until the highway reopened.Westland Mayor Bruce Smith said many of the 970 tourists in Franz Josef were taking the news in their stride, but some were frustrated that their travel plans had been disrupted.