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A large rock avalanche fell from the slope below Hillary Ridge of Aoraki/Mount Cook at 21:32 (New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) = UTC + 12 h) on Monday 14 July 2014. About 0.9 million m 3 of indurated greywacke collapsed from a >60° slope at 43.6165°S 170.1427°E between 2600 and 2920 m, without warning or apparent trigger. The avalanche of rock debris crossed Noeline Glacier névé,...
At 9:16 a.m. on 2 January 2013, a flood in Wanganui River, South Westland, severed a fibre-optic communications cable and the road link to south Westland (State Highway 6) at the northern approach to the bridge. This flood occurred during heavy rain which triggered both a rapid rise in stream flows and caused several large landslides in the headwaters of Wanganui River. The flood also inundated farmland...
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