Storms in New Zealand killed at least four people
Europe 1 with AFP
Storms killed four people in New Zealand on Monday, causing flooding in several cities across the country. One person is missing. This is the second rainfall recorded in this time frame in the city of Auckland.
At least four people died when a fishing boat sank in New Zealand from severe storms that swept the country on Monday, including flooding in Auckland, the largest city, officials said.
Four bodies have been recovered and one person is missing after their boat sank Sunday night in a storm off the Northland region in the northern New Zealand archipelago, police said. Five survivors were taken to hospital.
Precipitation log
The weather services said the storm then moved south and reached Auckland on Monday morning, dropping 76.8 millimeters of rain in one hour, the second record amount of rainfall for the city in that time frame.
Highways were cut off by floods, schools were closed and ferry lines were grounded due to heavy rains.
Six thunderstorms were heading south and were expected to reach Hamilton Monday afternoon. The Met Services raised warnings while warning that “wet weather will continue for many this week as a deep low pressure system approaches from the west.”
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