Radio New Zealand reported that the government prompted residents to move to higher ground, as slip dam breached, sending a wall of water downstream.
#NewZealand quake #dam breaches, residents told to evacuatehttps://t.co/yFMYb7TUTl #earthquake pic.twitter.com/Yx95tNmjzM
— New Straits Times (@NST_Online) 14 ноября 2016 г.
The Civil Defense teams are reportedly en route to the river.
Emergency workers are evacuating people from nearby settlements.
On Sunday, New Zealand was hit by 7.9 Magnitude earthquake that caused tsunami. According to media reports, two people were killed in the Sunday earthquake.
Early on Monday, the quake was followed by a 6.2-magnitude aftershock.
