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In pictures: Downpour compounds Auckland's weather woes

16:13 pm on 1 February 2023

Photo: supplied / RNZ

Auckland has experienced another deluge overnight, with more widespread flooding reported.

With the rain came the wind. Auckland Emergency Management said trees came down with some falling on homes.

Evacuations took place in suburbs such as Mount Roskill where floodwaters reached dangerous heights.

Sections of motorways across the city were closed for some time because they were inundated with water and could not be passed.

Here is a selection of images of Auckland's downpours so far today.

Ducks take a paddle past furniture on a sodden lawn in Mount Roskill. Photo: RNZ / Rayssa Almeida

A sinkhole has developed on Scenic Drive in West Auckland's Swanson following the wild weather. Photo: RNZ / Mohammad Alafeshat

Eden Park was affected by the deluge. Photo: RNZ / Nick Monro

Water is pumped out of Eden Park. Photo: RNZ / Nick Monro

Floodwaters were high on Potter Avenue in Mount Roskill. Photo: RNZ / Rayssa Almeida

Floodwaters are pumped out of a home on Wairere Rd in Mount Albert by Fire and Emergency. Photo: RNZ / Tom Taylor

Flooding at a property on O'Donnell Avenue in Mount Albert after a night of downpours. Photo: RNZ / Rayssa Almeida

Māngere emergency centre volunteer Teremoana has been travelling daily from Glen Innes to help. Photo: RNZ / Lucy Xia

Flooding at a property on O'Donnell Ave in Mount Albert. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly

Homes have been stickered and flooding remains on Kimberley Road in Auckland's Epsom. Photo: RNZ / Rayssa Almeida

These two homes on Scenic Drive in West Auckland's Swanson have been given red stickers following wild weather that has caused dangerous slips and widespread flooding. Photo: RNZ / Mohammad Alafeshat

Flooding on Porana Road outside Pak'nSave in Wairau on Auckland's North Shore. Photo: RNZ / Nick Monro

A flooded street in Mount Roskill. Photo: RNZ / Rayssa Almeida

Drivers carefully navigate a flooded Universal Drive in Henderson. Photo: RNZ / Mohammad Alafeshat

Sajnana Kumar attempts to protect a restaurant Raj Vatika on Dominion Rdfrom flooding. Photo: RNZ / Amy Williams

Meola Creek, at the back of a Point Chevalier property in Auckland. Photo: Adele Wakeham

A large slip at Northcote resident Cathy O'Sullivan's home. Photo: Supplied/Cathy O'Sullivan

A truck goes through floodwaters in Parnell. Photo: RNZ / Rayssa Almeida

Hibiscus Coast Highway in Ōrewa during flooding. Photo: RNZ / Mohammad Alafeshat

Devonport Golf Course is under water. Photo: RNZ / Nick Monro

A property on Grove Road in Devonport has water pumped out of it by Fire and Emergency. Photo: RNZ / Nick Monro

A manhole cover struggles with floodwaters on Meola Road in Sandringham. Photo: Supplied / Andrew McDowall

Damage caused by a slip on Scenic Drive in Swanson. Photo: RNZ / Mohammad Alafeshat

Part of the Countdown and McDonald's car park in Greenlane flooded. Photo: RNZ / Tim Watkin

Ellerslie was affected by flooding. Photo: RNZ / Tim Watkin