Flooding cripples Auckland, New Zealand

People in Auckland, New Zealand, are experiencing record flooding, with hundreds displaced from their homes and four people dead so far. The rains are expected to get worse. Ashley Westerman reports.Correction: There was an error in the reference to the name Jess Banks in the original broadcast version of this story.

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