State of emergency in Southland following wild weather

Hope everyone is safe down there.

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gardner@lemmy.nz · 3 pts · 3y

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Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 3y (2 replies)

87mm doesn't sound like a lot, I'm surprised it's causing so much mayhem.

Floofah@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

87mm would cause serious troubles anywhere, especially townships. It’s LOT of water, around 4,000,000 litres per acre.

As a kid I always used to imagine if it would all come down at once, mostly so we could get it over with...

But then we'd need drainage like SE Asia!