Overall Green alert Flood
in New Zealand

Event summary

This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1102723
Death: 0
Displaced: 159
Countries: New Zealand
From - To 25 Jun - 27 Jun

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New Zealand - Severe weather (ECHO 27 Jun 2024)Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:26

  • Heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surge have been affecting northern New Zealand, in particular the North Island, one of the two main islands of the country, since 25 June, causing floods, rivers overflow and a number of  severe weather-related incidents that have resulted in population evacuations and damage.
  • Media report, as of 27 June, several evacuated people, approximately 400 damaged houses and further 200 houses under evacuation notice across the Hawke's Bay and Tairawhiti regions, eastern North Island where the worst affected is the Wairoa town area.
  • Over the next 24 hours, more heavy rainfall is still forecast over the eastern North Island.
New Zealand, Late June 2024A slow-moving storm with heavy rain, storm surge and strong winds in late June 2024 caused flooding and landslides in the Hawke's Bay and Gisborne regions of New Zealand. Homes were left without power. Authorities carried out evacuations and flood rescues. The Waipaoa and Wairoa rivers exceeded danger levels. Three people died in a boat in rough seas. State of Emergency was declared in Wairoa and Hastings districts.Wed 26 Jun 2024FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 395 | About casualties: 13 | Last hour: 6

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Sylhet Education Board announces new schedule for postponed subjects2024-06-30T23:40+0200.

Sylhet Education Board has announced new dates for the four subjects of HSC and equivalent exams, which were suspended due to the flood in the region. The postponed exams of the subjects will begin on August 13, Professor Arun Chandra Paul,
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),