As rain and flooding eases, attention turns to assessing the scale of the damage after four people were killed by unprecedented extreme weather
Insurers say devastating flooding in Auckland was the “biggest climate event” in New Zealand’s history, as rain eased afterFriday was the wettest day on record for New Zealand’s largest city, with severe rain leading flood waters to sweep through streets and down highways, killing four people. Schools and businesses closed as buildings and roads were ravaged by the deluge. Auckland International Airport was shuttered temporarily, stranding thousands of travellers overseas.
Landslides and sinkholes still threaten homes. Three people were taken to hospital on Wednesday afternoon – two of them seriously hurt – after a house in Orua Bay, a rural Auckland township, crashed down a bank on to the beach, trapping one person inside. Heavy rain warnings remain in place for the Coromandel peninsula, east of Auckland, where state highways are closed and houses are teetering on the edge of slips. Alerts have been lifted for Bay of Plenty and Northland.
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