Chris Brandolino: NIWA Principal Scientist says severe weather is caused by an "atmospheric river" - The Mike Hosking Breakfast

Metereologists say the severe weather is being caused by an "atmospheric river".

NIWA Principal Scientist Chris Brandolino told Tim Dower that that "river" is actually a high mass of moisture in the air, stretching all the way to New Caledonia.

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