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NZ scientists warn ‘more extreme rainfall in warming world’

NZ scientists warn ‘more extreme rainfall in warming world’

AUCKLAND: With the maximum amount of water vapour in the air increasing exponentially with temperature, the potential for extreme rainfalls grows as the climate warms, New Zealand scientists warned on Tuesday.Auckland is currently challenging the record for its wettest month ever. More than 769 per cent of its rainfall in a normal January has been recorded so far, which was about more than a third of Auckland’s entire annual average, with further round of downpours likely to hit again on Tuesday night, Xinhua reported.“Not that every storm brings a deluge, but as we warm the climate, we constantly weight the dice towards heavier rainfall events,“ Prof James Renwick from Victoria University of Wellington explained the link between a warming climate and such extreme rains.Record rainfall from Friday morning through overnight to Saturday morning in Auckland caused massive flooding across the biggest city in New Zealand.New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said the severe weather was a

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