{"id":42745,"date":"2023-01-30T08:22:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T08:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=42745"},"modified":"2023-01-30T08:22:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T08:22:06","slug":"auckland-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2023\/01\/30\/auckland-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple landslides from extreme rainfall in Auckland, New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Multiple landslides from extreme rainfall in Auckland, New Zealand<\/h4>\n

In recent days Auckland and the surrounding area of New Zealand have suffered from an atmospheric river rainfall event that has been devastating, with the heaviest rainfall occurring on 27 January 2023.\u00a0 Met Service New Zealand tweeted about the 36 hour rainfall totals on 28 January<\/a>:-<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/MetService\/status\/1619151947998846982<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly, there has been extensive flooding and large numbers of landslides.\u00a0 Stuff has a really good portfolio of photographs of the landslides and flood that the rainfall triggered<\/a>, whilst Newstalk ZB has this image of multiple landslides in the Massey neighbourhood of Auckland<\/a>:-<\/p>\n

\"Multiple

Multiple landslides in Massey, Auckland. Image by Brett Phibbs via Newstalk ZB<\/a>.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile at Remeura in Auckland a man was killed by a landslide that knocked a house off its foundations<\/a>.\u00a0 Yahoo News has an image of the aftermath<\/a>:-<\/p>\n

\"The

The aftermath of a fatal landslide in Remuera, Auckland. One person was killed at this site. Image by Getty via Yahoo! News.<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a large landslide has destroyed State Highway 25A across Coromandel:-<\/p>\n

\"The

The aftermath of a large landslide that has destroyed SH25A during the extreme rainfall in the Auckland area. Image by WAKA KOTAHI via Stuff.<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

.<\/p>\n

Repairing this level of damage is going to be time consuming and expensive.<\/p>\n

As I write there are warnings of further severe rainfall in the northern part of New Zealand, with a red rainfall warning in place for Auckland, Coromandel and Northland<\/a>:-<\/p>\n

\n

Heavy Rain Warning (Red) issued for Auckland, Coromandel, Northland https:\/\/t.co\/TRR3AupBsl<\/a><\/p>\n

— MetService Severe Weather Info (@MetServiceWARN) January 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n