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Bigger storms, more often: new study projects likely future rainfall impacts on NZ (www.waikato.ac.nz)

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Since I’m not a New Zealander, I can’t really comment on this. Maybe you could share your thoughts..

Amid the climate crisis, my country was hit by a rare storm, and more than a thousand people lost their lives. There hasn’t been a rainy season or a dry season here since 2024; I’m not sure about this year because meteorologists are predicting a super El Niño in the mid of the year.

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[–] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 3 points 11 hours ago

If the last four or so years are anything to go on we are in for some shit.

Just in this summer we have had 4 storms come through NZ where we have over 250mm of rain in 12-24 hours. It was estimated that there was 380mm of rain fall on the mountain (large hill by international standards) here at home in just 8 hours. That is 1/6th of our yearly rain falling in 1/2 a day