Flooding Auckland

The rain fell thick and fast over a 1.5 hour period from 5am, with emergency services responding to dozens of calls for help from northern, central and western ...

Up to 60mm of rain has fallen over two hours in some parts of the city overnight, but fears of a repeat of Friday have been allayed.

An insurance assessor is due to come to check over the house on Wednesday. May roads are severely flooded & part of the Northern Motorway has had to be closed. As it got closer to me, I could see the fear on the passenger's faces," she said. Volunteers are out in my local neighbourhood helping to evacuate vulnerable local residents as floodwaters rise again. I couldn’t believe it. From the “devastation” they felt when their house first flooded on Friday, to the “relief” they felt when the rain stopped, back to the horror of discovering their driveway was once again “like a river” this morning. Adams had spent the weekend ripping up his carpet and “frantically” moving everything up to the top of his house. This will be another difficult day in Auckland. She said the first part of the night was relatively quiet, but it ramped up in the early hours of this morning. Up to 60mm of rain has fallen over two hours in some parts of the city overnight, MetService said, but fears of a repeat of Friday’s flooding have been allayed as rain has eased. [Homes, businesses and roads have again been flooded in Auckland](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/weather-news/300796386/live-auckland-flooding-definitely-rose-quicker-motorway-closures) as heavy rain lashed the city from the early hours of Wednesday morning. A number of slips have seen traffic diverted in West Auckland and a large slip on Tāmaki Drive that has closed the road along the water.

Aucklanders are being warned to remain alert for ongoing dangers, as this morning's heavy rain starts to ease. Red and Orange Heavy Rain Warnings remain in.

- Publish Date - Wed, 1 Feb 2023, 8:02AM - Author

A state of emergency was already in place for the nation's largest city, which saw deadly record rainfall on Friday.

“As expected, it’s lines of heavy falls coming in in bands, so stop-start with the risk of extremely intense rainfalls,” said MetService meteorologist Georgina Griffiths. “The beds, the linen, the clothes, the couches, everything inside is ruined,” she said. Auckland was preparing for another round of flooding as rain battered northern New Zealand’s Northland region, which declared an emergency on Tuesday afternoon in anticipation of the deluge.

Residents on a central Auckland street badly hit by Friday's deluge say they lost almost everything when the sewerage main overflowed and contaminated flood ...

all gone. Nicole, who lived a few doors down from Kermath, was too distraught to describe the extent of Friday's damage to her home and possessions. "All of a sudden, it was like out of the movies, things just started exploding like literally out of the road and the drain system next to our house just burst," Kermath said. "The thing that made me want to cry, it's not our stuff - and there were definitely people who helped us - but it was also the fact that my neighbour came up to me and said your next door neighbour has no one that can help them get their stuff out of the house." "You're thinking about what things are important, and the funniest things are, like a bag of booze." Kermath said he had just arrived home from work on Friday when he realised how bad the situation was and wondered what belongings he could save.

Please be aware that all parks have been affected by the recent flood events. In Regional Parks, our rangers are checking tracks and infrastructure, but this ...

We encourage people to stay away from our regional parks, particularly those north of Orewa where rainfall and winds are predicted to be greatest, and in the Waitākere and Hunua Ranges. We are expecting more track closures and some park assets closed once we complete that check. Additionally, with the amount of rain experienced, these areas are susceptible to flash flooding and slips. Signage is being put up by contractors but may be delayed due to contractors having to respond to urgent storm-related incidents. [sports fields](https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/parks-recreation/sports/Pages/sports-field-closures.aspx) across the region are closed. Auckland Council reserves and fields are designed to hold water and dissipate it slowly as part of stormwater management. With the ground already sodden, the addition of strong winds could result in a number of trees blowing over. - In Regional Parks, our rangers are checking tracks and infrastructure, but this may take some time. [sports fields](https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/parks-recreation/sports/Pages/sports-field-closures.aspx), it is because storm water drains are already overflowing and adding water to it is unwise now. With the ongoing impacts of bad weather, concerns lie with predicted high winds. This could pose problems for tents, particularly in coastal locations. The more accessible tracks are being checked first and the more remote back-country tracks and campgrounds will be checked in the coming days.

Torrential rain has battered Tāmaki Makaurau for the second time in a week and the city is waking to flooded roads and properties.

[photos](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/weather-news/300795141/in-photos-auckland-devastated-by-flooding-slips) capturing the destruction caused by the flooding across the city. [Tāmaki Makaurau](https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland) for the second time in a week and the city is waking to [widespread flooding](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/weather-news/300796386/live-people-urged-to-stay-clear-of-dangerous-floodwaters) on Wednesday morning. [Auckland flooding: Where to get help, Civil Defence Centres set up](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300794292/auckland-flooding-where-to-get-help-civil-defence-centres-set-up?rm=a)

Four people were killed in flash floods and landslides that hit Auckland beginning on Friday as rainfall, that authorities say has been exacerbated at least in ...

The national meteorological service said the heaviest rains had passed Auckland although downpours were hitting to the southeast, in the regions of Coromandel and Bay of Plenty. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story A state of emergency remains in place in Auckland but has been lifted in the Northland region to the north of the city.

Another round of torrential rain has seen Auckland's key route along the city's eastern bays cut off after a massive slip rolled across the road overnight.

Northland is now out from under a red heavy rain warning but is still in a state of emergency. Much of the rain fell in only a few hours including 25.2mm in one hour, 44.2 mm in two hours and 58.6mm in three hours. Getting pretty wild here now”; “Wind and rain has increased in Browns Bay.” The travel chaos extends further: Train services on the city’s western line have been stopped because of a power cut and passengers are being redirected to buses. Very strong wind and rain”; “At Waitoki, about 15km inland from Orewa. “It’s right over us now,” tweeted councillor Richard Hills. State Highways 1 and 16 further north of Auckland have been closed by slips and flooding. it’s horrible,” said the woman, who lives near the estuary on Maygrove Dr. NIWA reported this morning that, in 24 hours, 71mm of rain had fallen at its Western Springs climate station in Auckland - " month’s worth of rain... It’s a bit scary.” “Water’s coming up to the door... A caller to Newstalk ZB’s Marcus Lush from Auckland’s Orewa said last night she had been clearing debris from her drains.

The big clean-up continues in Auckland on Thursday but Emergency Management officials are warning there's a still chance of further slips in the region.

The cost of rents is set to go up because remedial work to flood-damaged properties will affect supply and demand in the market, an investors body says.

But the Tenancy Services is here to provide advice through our website and service centre and also a mediation service. So what I would encourage landlords to do is to do all they can to make premises habitable for tenants. "At the end of the day, they're in there just trying to do the best by their tenants really, and offer properties to people. "And actually, the Residential Tenancies Act doesn't even have a definition of 'inhabitable' in there. It's the same in any market when the supply and demand changes. "So we will have a shortage of supply of rentals for a period of time just while these repairs are undertaken.

Insurers are bringing in extra staff from overseas and warning it will be years before all claims are settled for flood damaged homes, cars and contents in ...

The initial estimates are an underestimate of just how much work needs to be done." This is an unprecedented event in terms of New Zealand's history for a flood event." But this event is of an unprecedented scale so it will take a long time," she said. "Because my car's a write off I'm expecting the payout from that quite promptly but in terms of the house and contents I'm expecting that to take a while, and while we're on the list for an assessor to come and look at the deck it's really not a priority compared to other people, so it'll be months." "It's really difficult to be able to say how long is this going to take but it's not going to be days and weeks, we're talking months and years. "People need to make sure that they are now looking at their temporary accommodation with their insurers and setting themselves up so that they are there for the long haul with their insurers."

As rain and flooding eases, attention turns to assessing the scale of the damage after four people were killed by unprecedented extreme weather.

As the water receded, evidence of a sodden and wrecked city emerged: officials have placed red placards on 138 buildings – meaning entry is prohibited without council consent – while yellow placards restrict the use of 542 others. Brown said on Monday that he had not done anything wrong, but would launch an independent review into the flood response. Alerts have been lifted for Bay of Plenty and Northland. He did not have estimates yet for the likely cost of the damage. Schools and businesses closed as buildings and roads were ravaged by the deluge. Brown was

The owner of several restaurants is opening his doors to victims of the devastating floods.

By Rowan Quinn of RNZ. People staying at West Auckland's flood evacuation centre have to be moved on Friday to make way for the school term.

It’s Whānau Ora lead Europa Kupu said so many people had to drop everything and were now waiting for certainty - but one big consolation was the love shown to them by the Kelston community. Her family had been home, organised a skip, and cleared out the rubbish but realised they would not be able to stay there. A Māngere woman who had been sleeping in the school hall since Saturday said there was a lot of snoring but otherwise it was comfortable.

An Auckland block of flats that was swamped by two-and-a-half metres of water on Friday was flooded again yesterday, and the residents are at the end of ...

You've got the guy who's clearly lost a lot financially and who's pretty lightly insured. "Before you knew it, it was above 2m - almost to the second floor." Locals formed a human chain to scoop out the water with buckets, and also arranged for three pumps to be brought in. All gone," he said. You've got the ill mother who's stuck upstairs. "I only have third party [insurance].

Another bout of heavy rain early this morning sent floodwaters through houses and closed roads throughout the North Shore for a second time in less than a ...

She went out to find, “the tree was on fire, presumably from hitting the power lines. The reserve pond had badly overflowed again this morning due to the heavy rainfall, flooding out large parts of Kitewao St. There was also some minor flooding around the Sunnynook Bus station, he said. A large tree also came down in the culvert near Sunnynook Rd overnight. North Shore councillor and Stanley Point resident Chis Darby said he was hearing reports of damaged properties around the Devonport area. “I’m noticing a lot more discolourment coming down Ngataringa Bay.”

Auckland has been lashed by severe weather for several days causing flooding, slips and widespread property damage. A state of emergency was declared late on ...

From RNZ. Expect Auckland rents to go up as remedial work to flood-damaged properties affects supply and demand, an investors body is warning.

But the Tenancy Services is here to provide advice through our website and service centre and also a mediation service. So what I would encourage landlords to do is to do all they can to make premises habitable for tenants. “At the end of the day, they’re in there just trying to do the best by their tenants really, and offer properties to people. Consumer NZ said for rentals that had been damaged but were still inhabitable, the rent should be reduced. It’s the same in any market when the supply and demand changes. “So we will have a shortage of supply of rentals for a period of time just while these repairs are undertaken.

While residents enjoy a brief reprieve from the rain, the rubbish continues to pile up as the full cost of the flood continues to be counted.

"It's just disappointing that we can't get the street cleaned, it's not only a health hazard but it's probably also causing contamination in our waterways. Even the swimming pool, a lot of people have been dumping stuff in that." I cleaned up everything myself, if after six days you're going to come and clean up the house [it] is already damaged." "Being a first world country this shouldn't happen to us. "Everything is contaminated with black water. This is New Zealand.