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Researchers have discovered giant atmospheric rivers in the sky have been behind the costliest floods in New Zealand. Researcher Kim Reid, explains to Jesse what this all means for flood prone parts of the country.
Researchers have discovered giant atmospheric rivers in the sky have been behind the costliest floods in New Zealand.
The carry more water than the Amazon and Nile rivers, are up to 2000 kilometres long and can be found up to five weeks before they make landfall.
One of the researchers looking at this phenomenon in the Southern Hemisphere, Kim Reid, explains to Jesse what this all means for flood prone parts of the country.
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