Wellington Drenched: State of Emergency Declared

0:00It's April 20th, from every corner of the globe. This is Global News Today, powered by AI, I'm Corey, with the story. New Zealand just declared a state of emergency in Wellington after torrential rains hammered the North Island with flash floods. The capital got a record 77 millimeters of rain and under an hour, on Monday, submerging cars, toppling trees, and triggering landslides that, kid homes. This hits right after cyclone by new rip through the same area just last weekend, leaving the region soaked and vulnerable to more chaos. Officials are telling folks to stay put, with heavy rain expected through the next day and a half. Flights out of Wellington airport are grounded, schools are closed, and over a dozen people have been evacuated from danger zones. A 60-year-old man from the Cororri suburb is still missing amid the mess, though no deaths reported yet. Here, Andrew Little called a wild weather that's strong enough to shove cars around in pop manhole covers. The emergency team urges skipping all non-essential trips and heading to higher ground or friendsplaces

1:05if you're in flood-prone spots. They've got the Wellington City Mission ready as a shelter, and everyone's on high alert as the downpours keep coming.