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Response continues following heavy rain and thunderstorms
A slow-moving front brought heavy rain and thunderstorms to the north of the Auckland region on Friday night.
Bethells Road closure clarification
Bethells Road, from the Bethells Road/Te Henga Road intersection, is under traffic management and open to residents only. Public access to Bethells Beach is temporarily closed to the public as it is deemed unsafe.
Emergency Mobile Alert issued for Rodney, Helensville, Upper Harbour, Te Atatu and Henderson Valley
Auckland Emergency Management has issued an Emergency Mobile Alert (EMA) at 5:19pm this evening to provide important safety messages for the heightened risk of further landslides and flash flooding. The alert has been issued due to an active line of thunderstorms which has brought high intensity, localised downpours.
Emergency Mobile Alert issued for Bethells Beach, Piha, Karekare and Muriwai
Auckland Emergency Management has issued an Emergency Mobile Alert (EMA) at 5:11pm this evening to provide important safety messages for the heightened risk of further landslides and flash flooding in Bethells Beach, Karekare, Muriwai and Piha. The alert has been issued due to an active line of thunderstorms which has brought high intensity, localised downpours.
Communities remain resilient as response enters day 27
We are now into day 27 of our response to last month’s flood and Cyclone Gabrielle and our focus remains on supporting communities throughout Tāmaki Makaurau.
Closing the Māngere Civil Defence Centre
As we move from response to recovery, Auckland is reducing its civil Defence Centres, shelters, community support hubs, and community-led centres.
Work still to be done: the emergency response in Tāmaki Makaurau continues
“It has been almost four weeks since the emergency response was first activated, when Tāmaki Makaurau was hit with devastating floods. Two weeks later, Auckland and the rest of the country responded to Cyclone Gabrielle.
Isolated communities remain front of mind
While the weather has settled this week in Tāmaki Makaurau, the effects of Cyclone Gabrielle are still being felt, particularly in our isolated communities.