Hundreds of volunteers are gathering in T\u0101maki Makaurau’s Starling Park this morning to help clean up flood-damaged property.<\/p>\n
The Student Volunteer Army is hosting the Big Clean Up – with helpers sent out to clear, tidy or clean for people affected by the floods.<\/p>\n
Auckland president Jake Parsons said more than 1400 volunteers had signed up and some had already been out in the community this week.<\/p>\n
So far volunteers had helped clear out 80 homes and had done dozens of welfare checks, Parsons said.<\/p>\n
Today’s volunteers would be sent to the hardest-hit areas, mainly in R\u0101nui, wider West Auckland and Mount Roskill, he said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Red Cross says it is pleasing to see the number of people staying in Auckland Civil Defence Centres slowly decrease.<\/p>\n
The Red Cross says it is pleasing to see the number of people staying in Auckland Civil Defence Centres slowly decrease.<\/p>\n
Auckland Emergency Management says a week on from the floods, more than 3300 households had requested assistance for accommodation, waste disposal and information.<\/p>\n
Red Cross spokesperson Jackie Bubb said the numbers of people in centres was dropping every day.<\/p>\n
Last Wednesday, there were 49 people at the Kelston Centre, but by Friday it had dropped to 31 people, she said.<\/p>\n
The attention was turning to helping people find the assistance they needed once they returned home, or went into alternative accommodation, Bubb said.<\/p>\n
“We’ve been providing evacuees shelter overnight, we’ve set up stretchers and bedding so that people have a safe place to sleep, we’ve been providing psycho-social supports, just in the last day or two we’ve started doing outreach so checking in on people’s welfare in the community.”<\/p>\n
Auckland Emergency Management closed a Civil Defence centre last night, but two others and three Community Support Hubs are still open.<\/p>\n
Auckland Emergency Management has released some initial figures on its flooding response.<\/p>\n
Close to 900 households asked about emergency accommodation and more than 3300 had requested assistance as of Friday.<\/p>\n
In figures released a week on from the floods, Auckland Emergency Management says 1940 flood-impacted vehicles had been picked up.<\/p>\n
Five-hundred tonnes of flood-related waste has been taken to landfill, from 118 skips across the city.<\/p>\n
There were still 50 properties without power but all have had their water restored.<\/p>\n
Nearly 4500 rapid building assessments had taken place and 26 road closures remained.<\/p>\n
Councillor Sharon Stewart said it had been heartening to see people coming from across the country to help Aucklanders with the response and recovery.<\/p>\n
Source: RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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