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Residents evacuate flooded Edgecumbe, 2017 (2nd of 2)

Residents evacuate flooded Edgecumbe, 2017

Agricultural vehicles help evacuate Edgecumbe residents from their flooded homes after the Rangitāiki River burst its flooded stopbank on 6 April 2017.

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Eileen McSaveney, 'Floods - 21st century floods', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/46849/residents-evacuate-flooded-edgecumbe-2017 (accessed 3 December 2023)

Story by Eileen McSaveney, published 12 Jun 2006, reviewed & revised 1 Aug 2017