Flood ravaged Auckland is expected to receive further heavy rain over the coming days, according to the city’s council, even as people start to count the cost of the flash floods that have hit New Zealand’s largest city since Friday.
Four people have now lost their lives in the flash floods that have hit Auckland since over the last three days and millions of dollars of damage has occurred. A state of emergency remains in place in Auckland and further south in regional Waitomo.
"I had the opportunity to view that first hand on Saturday and obviously a number of homes damaged by flooding but also extensive earth movements," he said.The city has experience record levels of rainfall since Friday. The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research said in a tweet that Auckland has now recorded more than eight times its average January rainfall and 40% of its annual average rainfall.
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