It has been a week since Auckland saw its wettest day on record, with “extreme” rainfall causing severe flooding across the region.
The January 27 storm broke all previous rainfall records and caused widespread damage.
NIWA since confirmed January was the region’s wettest month in history, smashing the previous record set in 1869.
Here’s a by-the-numbers breakdown of how Tāmaki Makaurau and affected parts of the upper North Island are faring seven days on.
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303
The number of new accepted injury claims by ACC related to the Auckland floods so far.
Of those, 206 were soft tissue injuries, 67 were lacerations/punctures/stings, 16 were fractures or dislocations, and 14 were ‘other’.
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Auckland has been smashed by a storm that hit last Friday evening.
Claims were identified as being related to the floods if the accident description included the keyword ‘flood’ or ‘storm’, occurred on or after January 27, and took place in Auckland, Northland, Waikato or Bay of Plenty.
20,000
According to the Insurance Council, about 20,000 claims across house, contents, motor and commercial insurance have already been received due to the flooding – and this number will continue to grow, it says.
It’s “too soon” to put an initial dollar value against the event. However, IAG has advised it expects to pay out more than $383 million in claims.
232
The number of red placards (or stickers) issued by Auckland Council building inspection teams across the region in the past week, as of 3.20pm Friday.
Red placards indicate a building cannot be used and entry is prohibited, because it has sustained moderate or heavy damage and poses a significant risk to health or life.
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More than 200 properties across Auckland have been red-stickered, meaning access is prohibited.
1294
This is the number of yellow placards have been issued across Tāmaki Makaurau, indicating a building may have sustained moderate damage, so access is restricted.
This generally means either some identified areas of the building pose a significant hazard and cannot be used or that the public cannot enter except under supervision for a limited time on essential business.
505
The number of Kāinga Ora (Housing New Zealand) properties that have flood damage or associated safety issues. With assessments still being done, this figure may also rise.
49
As of 12pm on Friday, 49 displaced Aucklanders were being supported by the three Civil Defence centres across the motu.
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Close to 50 people remain at three Civil Defence centres across the Auckland region a week on from the floods.
431
As of lunchtime Friday, there were 431 internet outages due to the week’s bad weather: 410 copper, 13 baseband and eight fibre, Chorus said.
400-500
The number of Auckland Transport maintenance crew out working on Friday to clear slips, repair flood damage and reopen roads.
250
Further heavy rain on Thursday night caused about 250 customers to be without water on Friday, after a slip on Scenic Drive took out two watermains, Watercare said.
Watercare crews were building a 150-metre overland pipe in the hopes services could be restored to all impacted customers by Saturday morning.
It wasn’t aware of any customers who have had no water since last Friday’s storm.
29
Twenty-nine roads remained closed both ways in Auckland due to the adverse weather, Auckland Transport said, as of lunchtime Friday. More roads were impacted by partial lane closures.
Tamaki Drive in Ōrakei, Shore Rd in Remuera, Shoal Bay Rd, Āwhitu Rd (south of Kemp Rd) and Scenic Drive in Swanson were among the roads closed.
65
Sixty-five roads had reopened in Auckland as of Friday morning.
1867
This is the number of flood-damaged vehicles that have been towed to date, according to Auckland Transport. On Friday, 47 vehicles had been towed as of 3pm, with 569 pending.
500 tonnes
Approximately 500 tonnes of flood-affected waste has been disposed of, from 1500 customers, Auckland Emergency Management Deputy Controller Rachel Kelleher said on Friday afternoon.
2544
The number of weather-related calls across the upper North Island responded to by Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews since last Friday.
Of these, 2321 were in Auckland, 114 in Waikato, 93 in Bay of Plenty and 16 in Northland.
