A high school student is missing in Northland, New Zealand after getting into difficulty on a school trip to caves on Tuesday, according to police, as heavy rain and thunderstorms cause flash flooding and landslides across the upper North Island.
New Zealand Police Superintendent Tony Hill said one student was missing at the Abbey Caves, near Whangarei, after a group of 15 high school students and two adults got into difficulty. The remaining 16 are accounted for.
Police rescue teams suspended operations at 5 p.m. after an all day search of the area, which was hit by heavy rain throughout the day. A cordon will remain around the site until the search resumes at first light. "Our thoughts are with the friends and family of the unaccounted for student," said Hill in a statement. "The school is also being supported by the Ministry of Education’s Traumatic Incident Team."In the country's largest city Auckland, schools have been evacuated and roads and parks are flooded. A local state of emergency has been declared and two civil defence shelters have opened.
Heavy rain and thunderstorms are forecast to drench the region into the evening and potentially through to midnight as the storm system works its way southeast.
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