A swollen Mataura river last week with the Alliance meat work perched on the left. Processing at the meat works in Mataura has stopped while its owner, Alliance Group, assesses the damage from last week's floods. Dramatic images were taken last week of the Mataura river in flood, with the meat works alongside it. SUPPLIED A state of emergency was declared in Southland and low-lying areas like Mataura were temporarly evacuated. "I don't know what its average is, but I've seen it running on a regular basis at 25-30 cumecs (cubic metres).

Source: Stuff February 09, 2020 21:11 UTC