Lusi in the Sky without Diamonds

For the last couple of days, we have seen threats of a tropical  cyclone developing North of New Zealand, named Lusi.

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The deadly cyclone is expected to hit northern New Zealand tonight, with the brunt of the storm to be felt across the North Island tomorrow as it tracks southwest just off the coast of the country, before hitting the South Island on Sunday. Severe weather warnings have been issued for Northland, Auckland, Coromandel Peninsula, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Nelson and Marlborough.

Northland could expect 80mm-100mm of rain by tomorrow afternoon, MetService said.

At Waikanae we desperately want rain for drinking water. Desperately, but not that desperately that we would want to risk a cyclone. Thank you very much. I would hope that we get the same as Northland, say 80mm, but without the high winds, though. Please.