New Zealand has experienced the hottest and wet winter since the record

A report released by the New Zealand atmosphere and Water Resources Research Institute showed that New Zealand, located in the southern hemisphere, just experienced the warmest and humid winter since the record.

The report states that since the New Zealand Atmosphere and Water Resources Research Institute in 1909, the top many years of warm winter rankings have appeared in 2013, especially in the past three consecutive winter average temperatures have risen, and the winter of 2022 hit a new high. The average winter temperature in New Zealand this year is 1.4 degrees Celsius from 1981 to 2010, reaching 9.8 degrees Celsius.

Affected by the warm winter, Royahu Ski Resort, one of New Zealand's most popular ski resorts, closed one -third of the main venue and layoffs this winter. The operating company said that the unusual warm winter has reduced the natural snow in large quantities, and the rocks of the snow field are exposed, and a large amount of rainfall makes the snow farm lack the opportunity to make snow.

New Zealand has excellent precipitation this winter. According to data from the New Zealand Atmosphere and Water Resources Research Institute, in July 2022, the average national precipitation in New Zealand was 141 % of the average value since 1971, the highest since the record. There are 42 regions across the country recorded more than or close to the historical extreme winter precipitation, and floods and landslides appear in many places. Hundreds of residents were forcibly evacuated by floods in Nelson in the northern part of the South Island of New Zealand alone. Some houses were washed away by the floods.

Recently released by New Zealand housing insurance institutions showed that by 2050, the risk of wave erosion, landslides and floods near the coast of New Zealand's coast and river channels will increase significantly, which will cause the cost of related residential insurance to double the expenses, and may even be even will even be affected The insurance company refuses to protect the insurance.

Source: Xinhua News Agency

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