Norfolk Island

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cyclone gabrielle path

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Norfolk Island on red alert as Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle tracks ... (ABC News)

Some residents have lost power with the fast-moving storm on track to pass almost straight over the top of the island before continuing towards New Zealand.

"The island has never had a cyclone of this magnitude and none of our houses have built to cyclone standards," she said. It has a population of about 2,200, and Norfolk Island Administrator Eric Hutchinson estimated there were between 800 and 900 visitors on the island on Saturday morning. "This is expected to be a widespread and extreme weather event," the Met Service said on Saturday afternoon. The last cyclone to impact Norfolk Island was a year ago when the eye of Cyclone Dovi passed about 200km to the island's west. The bureau has recommended residents and visitors on the island "complete preparations quickly and be prepared to shelter in a safe place". Norfolk Island has declared a red alert and residents have been urged to take shelter as Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle continues to track straight towards the island.

Cyclone Gabrielle: Norfolk Island issues red alert as tropical storm ... (The Guardian)

Authorities prepare emergency shelter for residents and tourists with fears of significant damage from gale-force winds and dangerous surf.

Abnormally high tides, in conjunction with very heavy surf, will make conditions difficult on the coastline of the island as well.” Destructive winds are then likely to redevelop from the opposite direction,” said the latest warning to residents. “It has been downgraded to a category two, so that is a blessing. “But be prepared for reasonable levels of rainfall [including] 200 to 300mm of rainfall for North Auckland and 100 to 200mm of rainfall elsewhere.” “Long-term residents are fairly used to preparing for storms like this, but visitors and people who have come to the island recently probably find this to be a bit of a challenge to them,” Plant told the ABC. Beware of this and do not go outside.

Norfolk Island braces for Cyclone Gabrielle impact (The Sydney Morning Herald)

The island covers just over 34 square km in the Pacific Ocean, between New Caledonia and New Zealand. Advertisement. Its roughly 2000 residents, some descended ...

“We expect to see impacts from this cyclone from Sunday starting in the north and spreading south to other parts of northern and central New Zealand,” the forecaster said on Saturday. Australia’s mainland is not expected to be impacted by the cyclone, but in New Zealand some North Island regions including Auckland - the country’s biggest city - have been preparing for it to spark bad weather. Cyclone Gabrielle, headed for New Zealand, brought destructive winds to Australia’s Norfolk Island on Saturday as it continued to track towards the tiny external territory in the Pacific Ocean.

Australia's Norfolk Island braces for Cyclone Gabrielle impact (Reuters Australia)

Cyclone Gabrielle, headed for New Zealand, brought destructive winds to Australia's Norfolk Island on Saturday as it continued to track towards the tiny ...

"We expect to see impacts from this cyclone from Sunday starting in the north and spreading south to other parts of northern and central New Zealand," the forecaster said on Saturday. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story SYDNEY, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Cyclone Gabrielle, headed for New Zealand, brought destructive winds to Australia's Norfolk Island on Saturday as it closed in on the tiny external territory in the Pacific Ocean.

Norfolk Island braces for damage as Gabrielle nears - 2EC (2EC)

The centre of the cyclone is predicted to pass over or near the island on Saturday evening, bringing destructive winds and very heavy surf. Article continues ...

“But on the backside, we expect another burst of strong to destructive winds as well as some bursts of heavy rainfall and a continuing damaging surf and swell.” “We expect the centre of the circulation to move across Norfolk Island overnight and then start moving away from Norfolk Island (in the) early hours of Sunday morning. The centre of the cyclone is predicted to pass over or near the island on Saturday evening, bringing destructive winds and very heavy surf.

'Shelter immediately': Residents told to take cover as tropical ... (9News)

"Destructive winds are then likely to redevelop from the opposite direction. "Heavy rain is less likely about Norfolk Island during the remainder of today, ...

"As the cyclone centre passes this evening, destructive winds may ease for a short period of time as the eye of the system passes over," it said. "As you can see, a lot of the building are older, built before cyclone ratings, so our expectations are some of those buildings will fail ," he said. "It's right on the edge of what we think is manageable, likely because most of them don't come this close." "Heavy rain is less likely about Norfolk Island during the remainder of today, however, periods of heavy rain may redevelop overnight into Sunday morning." "Conditions will deteriorate further through the day as the centre of the cyclone approaches this evening," it said. Conditions are already deteriorating, and the eye of the storm is expected to pass close by the island about 9pm local time, according to the