Snowstorms
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- When the Siren Goes Episode 5 – Snowstorms
- Focusing on the massive snowstorm of 2006 which had collapsed roofs, blocked roads, felled power lines and cut communication in Canterbury, this programme hears from those involved in managing the emergency response, and locals who were left to their own devices. A self-help group, the Mid Canterbury Emergency Relief charitable trust, played a key role in deciding where snow rakers should be put to work, and by the end of the week after the snowfall, it had successfully removed 12,000 stock from danger. (duration: 23′50″)
- News bulletin about 2006 Canterbury snowstorm
- 5.00pm news bulletin on 12 June 2006 about the first major snowfall of the year. Major disruption occurred all over the South Island, but Canterbury was particularly hard hit.
sa-cp-06061 (Sound archives reference) (duration: 1′16″)
A four wheel drive negotiates snow on the Canterbury plains.
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