{"id":58274,"date":"2023-02-03T07:49:36","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T18:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=58274"},"modified":"2024-07-11T12:32:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T00:32:34","slug":"the-climate-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/the-climate-floods\/","title":{"rendered":"The climate floods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I hope you and your loved ones are ok after the deluge. It\u2019s been truly terrifying and our hearts go out to all who are grieving the loss of loved ones, homes and livelihoods right now.<\/p>\n\n

If you need information or help<\/strong>, Civil Defence Emergency Management<\/a> has a lot to offer. If you<\/strong> want to help<\/strong>, you can register to volunteer<\/a> with the Student Volunteer Army.<\/p>\n\n

My family and I are lucky to have come through it unscathed, but my neighbourhood in Titirangi has been ravaged. Many people here and around the wider region have lost their homes altogether.<\/p>\n\n

I\u2019ve seen people\u2019s belongings out on the streets in piles ruined beyond repair, houses swamped and whole properties carved away by slips leaving them unlivable. It\u2019s hard to imagine what that is like. <\/p>\n\n

And it made me angry. <\/p>\n\n

Angry that this storm and storms like it are now all made more intense<\/a> by climate change that\u2019s caused by industry that has been left to pollute unregulated for far too long. And this is only the latest in a series of similar climate floods in Aotearoa that have left people\u2019s lives in ruin.<\/p>\n\n

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