New weather alerts are issued days after the city of Auckland is badly hit by flooding.
Several regions of New Zealand are braced for further extreme weather after Auckland was hit hard last weekA precautionary state of emergency has been declared in New Zealand's most northern region as parts of the country prepare for more extreme weather.
There are concerns that further heavy rainfall forecast for Tuesday could cause even more destruction to the city due to blocked storm water drains. Auckland Airport, where hundreds of people were left stranded after all international and domestic flights were grounded on Friday, has sandbags and pumps ready in preparation for more potential flooding.
The country's new prime minister, Chris Hipkins, said over the weekend that he believed Friday's extreme weather was the result of climate change.
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