New Zealand officials on Tuesday asked residents in flood-ravaged Auckland to prepare for the onslaught of another storm as residents start a clean-up following a series of floods and landslips across New Zealand's biggest city over the weekend.
that hit Auckland over the last three days amid record downpours. A state of emergency is in place in Auckland and Northland, the country's northernmost region.
Beaches around the city of 1.6 million are off limits due to contaminated water, several main roads remain closed, and all Auckland schools will remain shut until Feb. 7. Evacuation centres have been set up across the city. "It's lines of heavy rain coming in bands ... we do expect impacts during the overnight periods. So slips, further flooding," MetService meteorologist Georgina Griffiths said during a televised media briefing.
"Absolutely, if there are ways that the Australians can help, we will absolutely take up those offers of support," Hipkins said ahead of a trip to Australia next week, his first foreign trip sinceearlier this month in the wake of predecessor Jacinda Ardern's resignation.
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