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Exercise Pandora kicks off tomorrow (Thursday)
Our Emergency Coordination Centre and 3 Emergency Operations Centre's are set up and ready to go.
We will be focusing on our response as day 3 following the Alpine earthquake rupture.
We are also keeping an eye on the heavy rain warning heading our way for Friday, so get your rain coats and gummies out, clear your drains and get your homes prepared. It'll be a great day for ducks!
Afternoon.
Please see below Orange Rain warning issued by MetService this morning. Take care on your travels if you are in Westland.
Our team will be keeping a close eye out.
This Thursday our West Coast Emergency Coordination Center (ECC) and District Emergency Operations Centre's (EOC's) will be activating to participate in Exercise Pandora alongside a wide range of our emergency services and partner agencies.
Council staff are teaming up with Emergency Management to exercise our plans, processes and procedures in preparation for the Alpine Earthquake.
Experts say the Alpine Fault is overdue a significant shake of magnitude 8, which would release 350 times more energy than the 2011 Christchurch quake.
🌧️🌧️ LATEST UPDATE FROM WEST COAST EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 🌧️🌧️
** GREY DISTRICT **
🌦️ Conditions appear to be easing as we head into the evening. Rainfall levels are dropping and river levels are falling.
👀 We are keeping a close watch on river levels as we head toward high tide this evening. At this stage it doesn't look like we'll need to erect the flood gates but we are on standby if the situation changes.
🏡 Fortunately we haven't had any official reports of water entering properties - lots of water in yards, sheds and garages but we haven't had any confirmed inundation of residences which is very good news.
🚙 We would ask that you continue to stay home if you don't need to travel. If you must drive, please drive to the conditions: SLOW DOWN through flood waters, wherever they are; lights on; double the following distances.
⌛ Sandbags can be returned on Monday at the Recycling Centre on Preston Road. We'll have a pallet on site for popping bags onto. Feel free to keep the sand and return them empty 😉
🏍️ And a reminder that tomorrow's Greymouth Motorcycle Street Race is scheduled to go ahead with a delayed start time of 10am.
![AF8 [Alpine Fault Magnitude 8]](https://westcoastemergency.govt.nz/wp-content/themes/civil_defence/images/af8.jpg)
