Crazy weather huh... did you know there was an epic flood in 1945? When your next on Domain Ave by the railway line (near the Temuka Domain), check out the ECan depo fence... there's a plaque showing the flood depth from that event. About 2 feet of water went through the main street of Temuka, with widespread flooding across South Canterbury. Here are photographs of Temuka town centre during 21 Feb 1945. There was another huge flood 13 March 1986. Note that most of the flooding (except for right at the south end of town which was the Temuka River) was from the Waihi and Orari Rivers flooding into the town from the North not from the Temuka River.
