"Wellington was drenched by 77 mm (3 inches) of rain in less than an hour, its heaviest rainfall on record. A vehicle drives through a flooded road in Wellington."
"CJ Koshar told the New Zealand Herald he was sleeping when he was woken by a loud rumbling noise coming from the roof. Suddenly, a few seconds later, I saw that the cracks are coming out of the wall and the whole wall came out."
"An 87-year-old woman told the Post she was woken by her dog and had to scramble to the top of her wardrobe as waters inside her home quickly rose."
"Tim McPherson, who on Tuesday morning was helping clean up debris near the home where Sutton vanished, said the flooding was the worst he had ever seen in the area."
Wellington experienced its heaviest rainfall on record, with 77 mm falling in less than an hour. A man named Philip Sutton is missing after floodwaters surged through a property he was watching. Residents shared harrowing accounts of escaping landslides and rising waters. One man, CJ Koshar, described a wall collapsing in his home, while an elderly woman had to climb her wardrobe to escape rising water. Emergency services received 150 calls for help, and the flooding was described as the worst seen in the area.
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