- Hundreds of people were asked to leave their homes as torrential rain flooded parts of New Zealand for a fourth day on Friday.
- On Friday, the Metservice’s red alert remained in place for Nelson.
- Experts have attributed New Zealand’s heavy rain to an “atmospheric river,” a narrow band of water vapor high in the atmosphere over New Zealand.
New Zealand: Flooded city might ‘take years’ to recover 19.08.2022
