Twitter Flood Alerts
Twitter Flood Alerts
Flood warning information is provided to West Coast communities via a network of regional contacts, Twitter and this website. You can register to receive Twitter flood alerts. These alerts are another tool that shares updates with the public when a river goes through its alarm levels. This information does not replace the data currently provided on Council’s website, or other flood warning procedures already in place.
Catchment | Twitter Address |
Karamea River | www.twitter.com/karameaflood |
Mokihinui River | www.twitter.com/mokihinuiflood |
Buller River | www.twitter.com/bullerflood |
Grey River | www.twitter.com/greyflood |
Hokitika River | www.twitter.com/hokitikaflood |
Waiho River | www.twitter.com/waihoflood |
All West Coast | www.twitter.com/wcrcflood |
Twitter Flood Alerts to your Mobile
Please note: Vodafone do not provide this service for their subscribers.
Vodafone users are advised to routinely monitor the council river and rainfall monitoring website for the latest river information. www.wcrc.govt.nz/hydro
To receive flood alerts to your mobile phone send an SMS text message with these words (including the space) to 8987:
Catchment | Text to Subscribe |
Karamea River | follow karameaflood |
Mokihinui River | follow mokihinuiflood |
Buller River | follow bullerflood |
Grey River | follow greyflood |
Hokitika River | follow hokitikaflood |
Waiho River | follow waihoflood |
All West Coast | follow wcrcflood |
Stopping unwanted Tweets
WCRC is aware that some subscribers to the council's flood alert service on Twitter have been receiving unsolicited Tweets over and above WCRC flood information.
Twitter advise the messages are not spam, but their top Tweets of the day notification.
The simplest way to stop receiving these top Tweet notifications and stay subscribed to the WCRC flood alert service, is to use the reply function on your cellphone and send the words 'set discover off' following receipt of an unwanted Tweet.