Half a year's worth of rain in a single monthSUPPLIED Auckland and Waikato farmers fear this latest rain deluge could undo the cleanup from last month's Tasman Tempest. Auckland and Waikato farmers have a short, sharp message to the weather gods: No more rain please, we have had enough. "I don't think you'll find a person in Auckland who will say we haven't had enough rain," South Auckland farmer Robert Cashmore said. SUPPLIED A day earlier, the tail end of Cyclone Debbie drenched North Waikato. "Our annual rainfall is 1000mm, so we have had over half of that in a month.

Source: Stuff April 05, 2017 06:11 UTC