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Catastrophic weather has continued to wreak havoc in New Zealand as residents share terrifying images of the devastating storms and floods.
In Auckland, at least three people have been killed and one is missing after record rains battered the city on Friday and Saturday, turning roads into rushing rivers and destroying property.
Friday was the wettest day in Auckland’s history with the amount of rain that normally falls throughout the summer in a single day.
The state of emergency is maintained in Auckland and Waitomo, about 190 km south of the capital.
The northern and western parts of the city have been hardest hit with a series of heartbreaking stories emerging from the suburbs, including a good Samaritan, trying to help his neighbors, who dies moments after posting on social media about the terrible situation.
At least three people have died and one is missing after record rains hit Auckland on Friday and over the weekend.
According to New Zealand’s weather service, a record 249mm of rain fell at Auckland airport in two hours since Friday morning local time.
The figure broke a February 1985 record of 161.8mm.
Wild weather caused a state of emergency to be declared and the highly anticipated Elton John concert cancelled.
One of the flood victims, who was found dead in a sewer in the Wairau Valley, shared videos of himself wading through floodwaters offering assistance to affected residents, according to New Zealand media.
In a video posted to Facebook on Friday, the man could be heard saying “this is all bad…it’s all bad.”
“Something tells me to go up and check on the people in this house, so I’ll do it,” he said.
The man could be seen walking through floodwater talking to people outside his property.
Shortly after, in another clip that would be his last, he appeared to drop his phone in the water.
On Saturday, a shocking glimpse of the aftermath of a $5 million home that was destroyed in a landslide emerged.
The partially collapsed mansion could be seen perched on the edge of a cliff that had been eroded by the torrential rain.
The footage captured a partially collapsed multi-million dollar mansion perched on the edge of a cliff eroded by torrential rain.
A man who filmed the footage from his boat described the scene as “unbelievable”.
“Look at this absolute chaos,” he said.
‘That house is right on the edge there. I mean, there’s nothing there. It’s almost gone.
Landslides are just one of many New Zealand storm impacts.
On Saturday afternoon, the InterIslander ferry, a ferry that travels between the North and South Islands, lost power completely in the middle of the Cook Strait.
Passengers traveling from Picton in the south island to Wellington in the north sent an emergency advisory after losing power in 100km winds in the Cook Strait.
A passenger captured footage of the interior of the stranded Interislander ferry traveling from Picton on the South Island to Wellington on Saturday.
The 800 passengers aboard the Kaitaki ferry were dispatched to emergency stations and given life jackets as the ship drifted into the sea at anchor.
The ship had temporarily lost propulsion power near the end of its voyage.
She eventually regained some power, but had to be escorted by tugs to safety at Wellington.
The 800 passengers aboard the Kaitaki ferry were dispatched to emergency stations and given life jackets as the ferry headed out to sea with dropped anchor.
A passenger captured footage of the inside of the stranded ferry.
In a video posted on social media on Saturday, the young woman films herself wearing an orange life jacket from inside the boat.
He then moves the camera around the inside of the boat, showing dozens of passengers hastily securing life jackets for themselves and their children.
“Crossing on the InterIslander but not sailing the other way,” the video’s caption read.
On Friday, around 2,000 people were trapped when floodwaters inundated Auckland Airport.
The photographs uploaded to social networks showed the international terminal submerged in floods with levels that reached the knees of the passengers.
Elton John’s Friday night show was canceled 30 minutes before it was scheduled to start, resulting in concertgoers having to take public transportation home.
Emergency services were able to send passengers home when flooding subsided overnight and domestic and international flights were cancelled.
The domestic airport reopened for travel on Saturday and international passenger departures resumed early Sunday morning.
Images emerged of shoppers on Saturday walking through flooded supermarkets and riding in flooded buses in Auckland.
Elton John’s Friday night show was canceled 30 minutes before it was scheduled to start, leaving concertgoers furious and having to take public transportation home.