Two dead, two missing after heavy New Zealand flooding

Torrential rain in Auckland left two dead and two missing, police confirmed, following widespread flooding across New Zealand’s largest city. | AFP

Police said they were “continuing to respond to a high number of calls to weather-related incidents”.

Airport authorities said there would be no flights in or out of the facility before mid-day Saturday.after Jacinda Ardern’s shock resignation, wrote on Twitter that government agencies were “working flat out” to help. Hipkins said the national crisis management centre, housed under the parliament building in the capital Wellington, was helping to coordinate the emergency response.

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