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[Animated video: Planet Earth floats in space.]
Voice: Every year, millions of people around the world are affected by coastal inundation.
[Video: Zoom in on New Zealand.]
[Video: A stormy day on an Auckland coastline bordered by a road and houses. Waves batter the coast.]
Voice: Coastal inundation, often known as coastal flooding, is a natural event that occurs when normally dry, low-lying land is flooded by the sea and is often the result of extreme weather events.
[Video: The waves flood the road, stopping a bus. The bus goes back the way it came.]
[Video: A weather presenter stands in front of a map of Auckland. On the map, isobars show a low-pressure weather system moving toward Auckland.]
Voice: These include storms where low-pressure weather systems, strong winds, waves and heavy rain combine to raise water levels.
[Video: Weather icons show rain and storm conditions across Auckland.]
[Video: A newspaper with the headline: Coastal Flooding Strikes Again.]
Voice: The frequency and severity of coastal inundation around Auckland's coastlines is increasing as a result of climate change and sea-level rise.
[Video: The photo in the article shows a flooded Auckland coastline bordered by a road, park and buildings. The photo changes to the same area on a sunny day.]
Voice: Rising sea levels can also lead to 'sunny day flooding' where high tides cause flooding even without a storm.
[Video: The tide rises and floods the park and road.]
[Video: An Auckland coast. A person stands in the water beside a measuring stick to demonstrate sea level rise over future years. In the year 2066, the measuring stick shows the water level at 0.25 metres, up to the person's ankles. The water level rises as the year increases. In the year 2130, the water level measures 0.6 meters, above the person's knees. The water level rises to 1.66 meters, up to the person's forehead.]
Voice: In New Zealand, sea level rise is predicted to increase by 0.6 to 1.66 metres by 2130.
[Video: A seawall separates the sea and land. The land at the top of the wall sinks. The sea level rises from the bottom of the wall over the top, flooding the land.]
Voice: This is not including vertical land movement which may increase relative sea level rise further.
[Video: The water continues and floods a park and buildings nearby.]
Voice: Over time, land that currently floods during storms or extreme high tides may experience more frequent and deeper flooding.
[Video: Buildings and parks after the flooding.]
Voice: Slightly higher areas or low-lying areas further inland may also begin to flood over time, changing how they look and function.
[Video: Birds walk across an Auckland beach bordered by road and buildings. A sea wall separates the higher ground (the road and buildings) from the lower ground (sand and beach). On the sand: a car park, lifeguard tower and beachgoers.]
Voice: We will need to adapt what we do at the coast to these changes.
[Video: As the sea level rises up to the sea wall, the beachgoers, lifeguard tower and car park disappear. The car park reappears behind a building further inland.]
Voice: To plan for sea-level rise and hazards like coastal inundation, we need to understand how they impact communities, and the physical assets that support them.
[Video: A map of Auckland, then a blueprint labelled, 'Te Tāruke-ā-Tāwhiri Auckland's Climate Plan'. Hands draw a line on it with a pencil and ruler.]
Voice: Shoreline Adaptation Plans and Te Tāruke-a-Tāwhiri: Auckland's Climate Plan, are ways in which we are planning for our changing hazard risk.
[Video: The blueprint is one of many maps, charts, flyers and devices on a table. Several hands use these items to plan for hazard risk.]
Voice: Our future depends on the choices and actions we take now.
[Video: A yellow speech bubble saying, 'AK HAVE YOUR SAY'.]
Voice: To help us plan for the future, you can join the conversation at AK Have Your Say.
[Video: An illustration of the Auckland Council website. The page scrolls down to the flood viewer which shows a map of Auckland. The cursor clicks an area and a hazard symbol appears.]
Voice: or learn if your local area is at risk from coastal inundation, and how to be prepared by exploring Auckland Council's flood viewer.
[Video: Animated Auckland Council logo with aucklandcouncil.govt.nz website URL.]
[Video ends.]
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