Flood room

What the status levels mean

• Deactivated

  Status: The weather is looking good and there are no risks of severe weather in the immediate forecast.

  Action: Members of the Regional Flood Response team (including engineers, rivers and drainage operations, planning, communications and emergency management) continue their day jobs as part of their everyday mahi at Waikato Regional Council. A Regional Flood Coordinator and Regional Flood Liaison Officer are on duty 24 hours a day, maintaining an overview of river levels, weather patterns and forecasts affecting the Waikato.
• Monitoring

  Status: MetService has issued severe weather alerts or the weather forecast and/or catchment conditions could impact our schemes and/or the community. 

  
  Action: A Regional Flood Coordinator and Regional Flood Liaison Officer maintain an overview of river levels, weather patterns and forecasts affecting the Waikato. They will closely monitor the weather situation, environmental data and provide information to supporting agencies (such as civil defence, local councils and NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi) on potential impacts to assist with their planning and response. 
• Activated

  Status: The weather is severe and there is a high risk of flooding and/or related natural hazards.

  Action: Waikato Regional Council's flood response is scaled up with additional staff and resources deployed in the field, as well as in the office to manage flood schemes and provide information to civil defence and other agencies.