WELLINGTON - New Zealand’s government on Thursday announced NZ$700,000 in additional funding to help rebuild flood-ravaged Auckland and other areas as residents of the country’s second-largest city start cleaning up.hit by record rainfall in the last week,Four people died in flooding and landslides that left roads closed, cut off communities, and damaged homes, farms and businesses.
“Of course, the government is going to continue to look at how best we can support people whose lives have been turned upside down.” “Rain falling onto already sodden ground will pool faster and impacts/delays should be expected where heavy rain falls,” MetService meteorologist Lewis Ferris said in a statement.