Auckland remains under state of emergency as more severe weather forecast on Sunday, Monday
A man missing after being swept away on Friday in Onewhero, a rural village about 70km south of Auckland, was confirmed dead, police said.“The most horrific part of it is that we’ve lost lives,” Deputy prime minister Carmel Sepuloni said in Auckland, a city of 1.6 million.is causing episodes of heavy rainfall to become more common and more intense in New Zealand, though the impact varies by region.
Police said on Sunday they were assisting with traffic management and road closures in Waitomo District after heavy rainfall “caused numerous slips, flooding and damage to roads”. In nearby Bay of Plenty there was also “widespread flooding”, police said, as well as a landslide that had knocked down a house and was threatening neighbouring properties.Still, Air New Zealand resumed international flights in and out of Auckland would resume at noon on Sunday, a spokesman said.
Prime minister Chris Hipkins, less than a week in office, flew by helicopter over Auckland on Saturday and toured flood-hit homes. He described the flood impact in the city as “unprecedented” in recent memory. People made more than 2,000 calls for assistance and 70 evacuations around Auckland – the nation’s largest city – due to the inundation, the New Zealand Herald reported Saturday. – AP
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