Wild Land

A low pressure system which formed in the tropics last week has brought steady rain to much of New Zealand since the weekend.

Heavy rainfall was reported in Northland, parts of the Bay of Plenty and from the East Coast north of Gisborne. Steady rain fell in south Taranaki and the lower North Island causing surface flooding in areas where the soil was still sodden from the three July storms. Surface flooding was reported in Christchurch as some areas experienced steady rain while snow fell on higher areas.

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New Zealand’s hydro lake storage remained well below average at the beginning of August.

On August 4th, hydro lake storage was 1912.7 GWh, which is 79% of average levels, down from 86% on July 14th. This figure is lower than storage at the same date in 2003, 2004 and 2005.

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Steady rain began falling across the Wellington region at dusk last night, continuing the wet trend that was set during June and July.

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