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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tours devastating flood-hit areas.
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern toured flood-hit areas of the country s South Island on Tuesday, expressing shock at the destruction left when three months worth of rain fell in three days.
Swollen rivers swept away bridges and landslides blocked highways in the deluge, which finally began to ease on Tuesday after a 72-hour barrage that Ardern described as a once-in-a-century event. It s quite devastating, there s a lot of work to do a big clean-up job lies ahead of us, she told reporters after surveying the damage in a military helicopter.