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Following lighter rain on 30 and 31 January, areas of Auckland flooded for a second time on the morning of 1 February after more heavy downpours. [10] MetService reported that about 20–30 millimetres per hour (0.79–1.18 inches per hour) of "intensive rainfall" had fallen in parts of Auckland in the early hours of 1 February. [29]
In 2023, the New Zealand Government passed the short-term Severe Weather Emergency Recovery Legislation Act 2023 (SWERLA) to speed up flood protection works in the regions. These flood protection works included the development of new stop banks, culverts, retaining walls, bridge works, pump stations, stream alignments and earthworks to protect ...
The 2023 southern New Zealand floods were caused by heavy rain that struck the southern part of New Zealand's South Island on 21 September 2023. This storm caused flooding in several places across the Southland and Otago regions including Gore and Queenstown. 100 homes were evacuated in Queenstown and Tuatapere's water treatment plant was damaged.
Here are the latest storm rainfall totals between Sunday and Thursday at 9 a.m., according to the Weather Service: Rocky Butte: 15.72 inches. South Portal: 4.25 inches. Atascadero: 4.09 inches.
In early October 2024, MetService had reported low-pressure system approaching New Zealand from the Tasman Sea, bringing warm and humid air across the country.These rain-bearing easterly winds swept into Dunedin, the coastal Clutha District and eastern Otago throughout 3 and 4 October, soaking an already inundated region which had already experienced wet weather.
The Milwaukee area saw rain totals at about a half inch on Nov. 8, 2023. ... But Wisconsinites in the Green Bay area saw the most rain yesterday at about three quarters of an inch.
Here are the places in Iowa that received the most rain Monday afternoon and evening, according to the National Weather Service. Cedar Rapids: 1.66 inches Oelwein: 1.63 inches
The 2021 central New Zealand floods were the result of a torrential rainstorm that affected central New Zealand between 17 and 18 July 2021. This storm led to flooding in the West Coast's Buller District, the Tasman District, and the Marlborough Region in the South Island, prompting the evacuations of residents and the declaration of a state of emergency.