Auckland is in a state of emergency after heavy rain

With our correspondent in Auckland, Richard Tendler

In the Kelston neighborhood, west of the city, the water rose to a meter and a half. Kushla Patel and her husband bought a house in this neighborhood about a year ago; It is now submerged. ” My house is destroyed. My husband is stuck with me. Fortunately we were saved because there was no way out testify.

In the neighbourhood, Helen’s home also sustained significant damage in about an hour. “ Water rose halfway up the walls. The sofa was floating, the fridge was also floating. We’ve lost it all She laments.

Two months of rain fell in a few hours on New Zealand’s largest city. Highways and the city center were flooded and more than 2,000 passengers were still stuck on the first floor of the airport after the entire airport terminal was engulfed in water.

In addition to the evacuations, authorities have also called on Auckland residents not to consume tap water. But most of the supermarkets were also soaked in these torrents of water. This Friday has been recorded as the wettest day in Auckland’s history, which is expected to see heavy rain again overnight from Saturday to Sunday.