Auckland Braces For More Flooding as Next Rain Storm Approaches
A road is closed for flooding on January 30 in Auckland, New Zealand.
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Auckland is bracing for another rain deluge later Tuesday that threatens more surface flooding and land slips on ground already sodden after a record downpour.
New Zealand’s MetService is forecasting that a new weather system will strike the nation’s largest city from late afternoon and persist into Wednesday morning. It issued a red-category heavy rain warning, predicting thunder, gales and localized downpours of as much as 40 millimeters (1.6 inches) an hour.