According to Civil Defence several homes have been evacuated in New Zealand’s northernmost town, Kaitāia, on Thursday night.
Kerikeri was the worst hit with 172mm of rain in 24 hours. Kaitāia saw 101.4mm of rain and Whangārei airport had 32.4mm.
According to MetService: “There’s still heavy rain in Northland, but it has eased from what it was yesterday”. MetService has a heavy rain warning in place for Northland until 11am and in Auckland until 7am.
Kaitāia is still cut off from the two major highways SH1 and SH10 after flooding, slips, and fallen trees.
Three areas on SH1 and two areas on SH10 remain closed on Friday morning due to flooding, slips, and fallen trees.
Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport agency is asking commuters to avoid unnecessary travel in the Far North.
