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Preliminary analysis by NIWA climate scientists has shown that the recent Canterbury rainfall was so extreme in some inland places that it could be expected to happen only once every 200 years. NIWA climate scientist Dr Trevor Carey-Smith says it was .
Mt Somers recorded its largest 48-hour rainfall ever at 526mm, with scientists describing the long duration of intense wet weather across the region as exceptional.