Four people have been killed as authorities warn severe weather conditions will continue in New Zealand’s north island
A digger is submerged in a flooded construction site in Auckland, New Zealand. The city has seen intense rainfall since Friday, leading to deadly flash floods and landslides.A digger is submerged in a flooded construction site in Auckland, New Zealand. The city has seen intense rainfall since Friday, leading to deadly flash floods and landslides.
Battered by rain since Friday, Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city of 1.6 million people, remained under a state of emergency on Sunday. The nation’s weather forecaster, MetService, warned of more severe weather on Sunday and Monday for the north island. Intense rainfall could also cause surface and flash flooding, it said.
The focus of the emergency has since moved south, with Waitomo District – located about 220 kms from Auckland – declaring a state of emergency late on Saturday.Police confirmed that a man missing after being swept away on Friday in Onewhero, a rural village about 70 kms south of Auckland, had died.
“The most horrific part of it is that we’ve lost lives,” deputy prime minister Carmel Sepuloni told reporters in Auckland. Climate change is causing episodes of heavy rainfall to become more common and more intense in New Zealand, though the impact varies by region. Climate change minister James Shaw noted the link to climate change on Saturday when he tweeted his support for those affected by flooding.
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