Devasting flash floods and landslides leave at least 4 dead in New Zealand

Heavy rainfall continued to batter New Zealand causing severe landslides and flash floods.

Drone footage shows the scale of the floods in Auckland which has been hit by heavy rain since Friday.

Record levels of rainfall pounded the country’s largest city, causing widespread disruption.

Authorities announced the death toll has risen to four after a person who had been missing was confirmed dead.

“The most horrific part of it is that we’ve lost lives,” deputy prime minister Carmel Sepuloni said in Auckland.

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