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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Charlotte Graham-McLay in Wellington

Teenager’s body found after flooding hit New Zealand school’s cave visit

An ambulance drives through a road block in the search for a student lost in caves
New Zealand police said they had found the body of a high school student in a cave after a school group got into difficulty when floodwaters hit. Photograph: Michael Cunningham/AP

Searchers in New Zealand have found the body of a teenager who died on Tuesday as torrential rain fell during a school trip into caves in the Northland region.

The deluge swamped parts of the North Island, including Northland, where damage from record floods in February was still evident. In New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland, inspections of 120 water-damaged buildings began on Wednesday morning as the weather cleared.

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