$5m home ‘wiped out’
AS a state of emergency in parts of New Zealand continues — a $5 million home has been spectacularly destroyed in a landslide.
A TikTok user, who publishes under the name @warriorlifstyle, took a video of expensive homes in Auckland that had been impacted by the weather.
One multimillion dollar home, which had partially collapsed, sat on the knife edge of a cliff that had collapsed because of the rain.
“Look at this absolute chaos,” the TikTok user said in the video as he drove by in a boat.
“That house is right on the edge there. I mean, there’s nothing there. It’s almost gone.”
He described the scenes as “unbelievable”.
“That’s a disaster man. That would be a red sticker, that house is gone. That’s a multimillion dollar home right on the edge.”
The TikTok user said the property was worth $5 million.
It wasn’t the only home that was impacted by the heavy rainfall.
Children, screaming and covered in mud, were caught in the rubble of at least three homes damaged in a Tauranga landslide overnight.
Torrential rain is hitting the North Island, causing devastating floods in Auckland and landslips across the Auckland region, Waikato and Bay of Plenty.
A state of emergency is in place in Auckland and Waitomo.
A landslide crashed into homes in the Tauranga suburb of Maungatapu at midnight, NZ Herald reported.
Residents said they heard a massive rumble that sounded like thunder and then screams.
“It was very terrifying,” said neighbour Hayley Vincent.
“It was just awful and we were trying to do what we could to help. There were kids calling for help.”
Ms Vincent went to the aid of the mother from the most extensively damaged home and said she was in shock.
“How does anyone survive that,” Ms Vincent said.
Neighbours Brian and Tina Garden said they went outside to see the house in the middle of the street after hearing the slip.
Five kids crawled out of the rubble of the home, screaming and covered in mud.
“They were all covered in mud and one girl had cuts. I ran over and took them towels,” Tina said.