Battered since Friday, Auckland remains under a state of emergency declaration on Monday with more severe rainfall forecast for Tuesday. Forecasters are warning on Monday that the city and surrounds remain vulnerable to further flooding.
The mayor of Auckland, Wayne Brown, has conceded that incorrect decisions may have been made by emergency management in response to unprecedented rain that has left four dead and thousands of homes flooded.
By that stage Auckland residents had been fleeing their flooded homes for hours, roads had become rivers, and at least one person had died.“This is a great example of a community getting together and showing some leadership and they overcame what may have been some incorrect decisions from the emergency management group,” Brown said.
The council has designated 40 houses as uninhabitable and has prevented people from entering them. A further 151 properties were deemed at risk, with access restricted to certain areas for short periods. Insurance Australia Group’s New Zealand divisions have received over 5,000 claims so far and Suncorp Group said it received around 3,000 claims across the Vero and AA Insurance Brands.
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