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Auckland to get more dangerous rainfall after wettest day on record

The state of emergency for Auckland and surrounding districts was lifted on Monday morning

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An excavator works at a home badly damaged by flooding and landslides in Auckland Sunday. Pic/AP

An excavator works at a home badly damaged by flooding and landslides in Auckland Sunday. Pic/AP

A dangerous amount of rain is forecast Tuesday for New Zealand’s most populous city four days after Auckland had its wettest day on record in a storm that claimed four lives. A state of emergency was declared on Friday when a volume of rain that would typically fall over an entire Southern Hemisphere summer hit in a single day. At least 5,000 homes and businesses were being assessed for flood and landslide damage and several roads remained closed after more than 15 centimeters (6 inches) of rain fell in three hours.

The state of emergency for Auckland and surrounding districts was lifted on Monday morning. But Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown warned that dangerous conditions were forecast to return on Tuesday.

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