At least four people have died in recent days in New Zealand due to floods and landslides following prolonged heavy rains. Landslides and floods have disrupted many roads, bridges, houses, and damaged many people's vehicles. The state of emergency remains in place in Auckland and the Waitomo area in the south.
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkin said: "My focus and the central government's focus is on helping Auckland overcome today's problems and the great challenges ahead. The remedial work has piled up, and we know it. According to forecasts, there is still bad weather ahead.
The New Zealand Prime Minister and the Auckland Emergency Management Authority have also warned that heavy rain will continue in Auckland for the next few days.
According to New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, the rainfall in January this year in Auckland was eight times higher than the average January has ever been recorded.
At the moment, insurance companies are calculating damage from the most expensive, record-breaking flood in New Zealand ever.