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what made Wellington’s deluge so intense?

  • Written by James Renwick, Professor of Physical Geography (Climate Science), Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
what made Wellington’s deluge so intense?Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald via Getty Images

At their most intense, the downpours that drove widespread flash flooding across Wellington early on Monday morning would have counted as extreme even by tropical standards.

But here in 2026, it is part of an increasingly familiar pattern reminding us that our communities and infrastructure...

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