Three people have died and another is missing after a very large flood in Auckland, caused by a torrential amount of rain, according to Chris Hipkins, the new prime minister. The most populous city in New Zealand it was hit by 240 milliliters of rain in a single day, the equivalent of all the precipitation of the three summer months in 24 hours.
Source: (The Guardian)
“The loss of life demonstrates the scale of this event and how quickly it turned tragic. It is clear that we are going to have to do a lot of work, ”said the politician from the oceanic nation, who was in the presidential office less than a week ago when Jacinda Ardern resigned from his position. The government of New Zealand He made a fund of 100,000 New Zealand dollars for the affected communities, under the promise that they will add more money as the days go by.
Despite the fact that the worst part is behind us, meteorologists pointed out that there are still several days of heavy rain left in the forecast for the next few days for New Zealand. “When the situation calms down, we will have time to evaluate the response, but for now the main focus we have is to be able to assist the citizens of Auckland,” the president of the oceanic country said at a press conference.
Due to this situation, the most important airport in the kiwi nation It had to close its doors, although little by little it recovered its operation. The organization indicated that they will not receive international flights yet because the conditions were not met. In addition, the firefighters and the emergency service of the oceanic nation indicated that they received at least 2000 calls about this situation.
The canceled shows
During this weekend, several shows were also canceled, such as Elton John’s, who indicated in a post on his social networks that he was “devastated” by the situation and that “he had planned to play because the weather reports were not conclusive” but they decided in last minute postpone it.
Source: (Farhista)
A video went viral during the night of several of the spectators of this show returning to their homes in a bus that had water inside it because it had to cross flooded areas.
