New Zealand's capital faces further chaos as police search for a missing high school student.
A state of emergency was declared as a precaution and disaster response services have been mobilised, Auckland Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson told reporters.Rescue teams were dispatched to Abbey Caves about 2.5 hours drive north of Auckland in search of a missing student, whose classmates made it out of the flood-prone cave safely.
"Our thoughts are with the whanau of the missing child, as well as all those involved in the group outing and the school," police Superintendent Tony Hill said. From January to April, the Auckland region received 90% of its average total annual rainfall, the New Zealand Meteorological Service's Georgina Griffiths said, with some areas receiving up to 35mm of rain in just one hour.
"The region is very saturated after a very rough five months. We're pretty soggy," she told reporters.Images on local media showed people rushing out of office buildings to go home early, causing traffic jams in some parts of the city. Cyclone Gabrielle ravaged New Zealand in mid-February, leaving 11 people dead and a trail of devastation that Finance Minister Grant Robertson
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