Overall Green alert Flood
in New Zealand

Event summary

This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1101836
Death: 0
Displaced: -
Countries: New Zealand
From - To 27 Jan - 29 Jan

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North Island, New Zealand, Late Janaury 2023Record heavy rain caused severe flooding in areas of Auckland, New Zealand on 27 January 2023. A state of emergency was declared by local authorities. Emergency services responded to over 1,000 calls for assistance, many of those for flooded homes. Evacuation centres were set up to house people displaced by the floods. Police reported the body of a person was found in an area affected by flooding but did not confirm the cause of death, as of 27 January 2023.Fri 27 Jan 2023FloodList provided by Copernicus GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Auckland flooding: PM announces funding but says 'there's no one-size-.. 2/2/2023 12:56:00 AM.

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says Auckland remains in a local state of emergency and there has been damage to a number of roads. Watch Chris Hipkins speaking here: "The advice remains to avoid non-essential travel and to stay out of floo
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Auckland flooding: PM announces funding but says 'there's no one-size-.. 2/2/2023 12:53:00 AM.

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says Auckland remains in a local state of emergency and there has been damage to a number of roads. Watch Chris Hipkins speaking here: "The advice remains to avoid non-essential travel and to stay out of floo
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Further Support For Upper North Island Regions Hit By Significant Weat.. 2/2/2023 12:19:00 AM.

Hon Carmel Sepuloni. Minister for Social Development and Employment Hon Damien O’Connor. Minister of Agriculture Hon Kieran McAnulty. Minister for Rural Communities. The Government is unlocking an additional $700,000 in support for regions
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Second DWR Snow Survey Reflects Boost from Atmospheric Rivers 2/1/2023 10:37:00 PM.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today conducted the second snow survey of the season at Phillips Station. The manual survey recorded 85.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 33.5 inches, which is
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),