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Cover image photo credit: RNZ On Friday the 27th of January, severe flooding hit Auckland after the City of Sails received 75% of their usual summer rainfall within 15 hours. It resulted in slips, evacuations and flooding with roads across the region blocked. Auckland mayor Wayne Brown decided to declare a State of Emergency at 9.54pm after flooding wreaked havoc with peak hour traffic and Auckland airport went under water resulting in flights being cancelled and at least 2000 passengers stuck there overnight.
Timaru District Council Emergency Operations Centre Information Release No. 4 Date: 30 May 2021 Time: 7:12 pm Flooding and Heavy Rainfall Event: State of Emergency Declared Timaru District Council Civil Defence has declared a State of Emergency. This is .