West AK residents stress grows as they watch rain

The citizens of West Auckland held their breath again yesterday as a deluge of rain hit the city. This is the third time this year that locals have born the brunt of the weather. It started in January when the Auckland Anniversary floods caused widespread damage that left thousands of people displaced. Then, less than two weeks later, Cyclone Gabrielle made landfall dumping a huge amount of water while the community was still grappling with the scale of the earlier disaster. For many whanau, the latest weather is another exhausting reminder of how tough things have been this year.