The Avon River flooding New Brighton Road at high tide.
The Avon River at high tide, along New Brighton Road.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Avon River is at this point on Avonside Drive 10 km from the estuary. At high tide the river now overflows its banks showing that the ground has sunk by about 40 cm".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "At high tide the Avon River is flowing onto the road because the land has sunk below sea level".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This is a very high tide in the Avon River, but shows how the danger of flooding has increased".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "New Brighton Road at this point is now below sea level at very high tide!".
A submerged walkway next to the Avon River. The water level of the Avon River is higher than normal along Avonside Drive.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This is a very high tide in the Avon River, but shows how the danger of flooding has increased".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This is a very high tide in the Avon River, but shows how the danger of flooding has increased".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Avon River is at this point on Avonside Drive 10 km from the estuary. At high tide the river now overflows its banks showing that the ground has sunk by about 40 cm".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Slumping near the Avon River on Avonside Drive".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Avon River is at this point on Avonside Drive 10 km from the estuary. At high tide the river now overflows its banks showing that the ground has sunk by about 40 cm".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Avon River is at this point on Avonside Drive 10 km from the estuary. At high tide the river now overflows its banks showing that the ground has sunk by about 40 cm".
A badly-damaged bridge between Avonside Drive and River Road in Avonside.
With the land dropping about 1metre to 1.4metres after the earthquakes, a few roads besides the Avon and Heathcote Rivers are flooded with very high tides. Extra stop banks (on right) erected after the quakes have helped, but the road is now well below high water level.
New Brighton Road, just short of New Brighton. The Pages Road bridge may b...