Auckland floods: More heavy rain ahead for New Zealand's largest city - BBC

New Zealanders successful the flood-hit state are bracing for much dense rains this week with much terrible upwind alerts.

At slightest 4 radical person died and a authorities of exigency bid continues successful Auckland, which connected Friday experienced its worst downpour connected record.

About 350 radical needed exigency accommodation, New Zealand's premier curate Chris Hipkins said.

He added determination had been important harm crossed Auckland and the northbound island.

The recently appointed PM besides highlighted clime change's relation successful the utmost upwind event.

"It's a 1-in-100-year upwind event, and we look to beryllium getting a batch of them astatine the moment. I deliberation radical tin spot that there's a connection successful that...Climate alteration is real, it's with us," Mr Hipkins said connected Monday.

He told nationalist broadcaster TVNZ: "We are going to person to woody with much of these utmost upwind events successful the future.

"We request to beryllium prepared for that. And we request to bash everything we tin to combat the situation of clime change," helium added.

Mr Hipkins besides acknowledged disapproval from locals that communications implicit the floods had been "too fewer and acold between".

With the unprecedented rainfall Auckland has seen since Friday, adjacent "ordinary" torrential rainfall successful the days up could origin much flooding and harm than it would usually, the city's politician said successful a tweet connected Monday.

"In parts of the city, the upwind looks a spot amended - but, don't beryllium fooled, our portion is not retired of the woods yet," Wayne Brown said.

Many factors lend to flooding, but a warming ambiance caused by clime alteration summation the strength and frequence of utmost rainfall. The satellite has already warmed by astir 1.1C since the concern epoch began, and temperatures volition support rising unless governments astir the satellite marque steep cuts to emissions.

The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, the country's clime subject body, said Friday was the wettest time connected grounds for a fig of locations successful Auckland.

Footage and images online showed radical trapped successful waist-deep floodwater, rescuers carrying retired evacuations connected kayaks and market items floating down the aisles of respective flooded supermarkets.

Auckland Airport, which was temporarily closed owed to harm from dense flooding, has since reopened.

New Zealand media person identified 2 individuals who died successful the floods. Daniel Newth, a 25-year-old arborist, died portion kayaking adjacent his North Shore home, and Daniel Mark Miller, 34, was recovered dormant successful a culvert successful the Auckland suburb Wairu Valley.