Nasa examines 'extreme' rainfall dumped on NZ by ex-cyclones Debbie and CookNASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce, YouTube Estimated rainfall accumulation from ex-tropical cyclones Debbie and Cook from April 5 to 14. READ MORE:* Clean-up, power outages continue over Easter weekend after Cyclone Cook* Cyclone Cook: Was that it? MARK TAYLOR FAIRFAX NZ Nik Given's Te Aroha property was under water after Cyclone Cook rolled through. NASA used the global precipitation satellite, a joint mission between the US agency and the Japan space agency, to gather rainfall data from orbit. Rainfall data was produced in half-hour intervals for the nine-day period when the cyclones tracked across the Pacific and towards New Zealand.

Source: Stuff April 18, 2017 01:05 UTC