New Zealand Cyclone

A state of emergency has been declared for most of the North Island after a damaging cyclone.

"We are still building a picture of the effects of the cyclone as it continues to unfold. It has been applied to the Northland, Auckland, Tairawhiti, Tararua, Bay of Plenty, Waikato and Hawke's Bay regions. "We need to stop making excuses for inaction. People in the area have been warned they could be without power for weeks. It's man versus nature at this point," she told the BBC. A second firefighter involved was critically injured, rescue agencies said.

Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty made a declaration at 8.43am on Tuesday, local time, as people woke to flooding, power loss, road closures and ...

Weather warnings remain in place for much of the east coast of the North Island and upper South Island. Air New Zealand has again cancelled all domestic flights in and out of Auckland. “It has been a big night for New Zealanders across the country, but particularly in the upper North Island ... ‘This is a significant disaster with a real threat to the lives of New Zealanders.’Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty “This is a significant disaster with a real threat to the lives of New Zealanders.” Wellington: New Zealand has been placed in a national state of emergency, for only the third time in its history, due to widespread damage from Cyclone Gabrielle.

Following an overnight battering of intense rain and gale-force winds, around 1500 international passengers had their inbound flights cancelled and are yet to ...

A number of schools in Wellington, the nation's capital which sits at the very bottom of the North Island, were closed today as bad weather lashed the length of the island. Photos and footage showed homes destroyed by landslides in areas to the west of Auckland, and major arterial roads in other parts of the country washed away. Geraghty said the airline was "looking at all available options" to get planes back in the air and passengers moving again, including adding larger aircraft, converting cargo flights and adding additional services where possible. "Challenging winds" were impacting flights in and out of Auckland, the airline said, forcing it to temporarily ground all turboprop planes and even commercial jets. The airline said a total of 592 flights were impacted because of the cyclone, and around 35,000 customers disrupted across its international and domestic network. [Cyclone Gabrielle](https://www.9news.com.au/world/cyclone-gabrielle-new-zealand-north-island-emergency-storm-disaster-in-pictures/aadac813-77a7-46b8-9ced-8ba948c68357)smashed the North Island, and violent wind gusts closed Auckland Airport, the country's biggest international and domestic hub.

Cyclone Gabrielle caused widespread flooding, landslides and huge ocean swells, forcing evacuations and stranding people on roof tops.

Air New Zealand restarted some flights in and out of Auckland, though many routes remained disrupted. Residents in hard-hit areas are being asked to conserve water and food because of fears of shortages. Weather warnings remained in place for much of the east coast of the North Island and upper South Island. (0500 GMT) Gabrielle had moved southeast of Auckland, near the east coast of the country's North Island, and was expected to continue moving southeast, roughly parallel to the coast. "I've seldom seen anything like it," he told Reuters by phone. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

Cyclone Gabrielle is the most significant weather event New Zealand has seen this century, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says, as authorities work to rescue ...

restoring radio and cellular contact with our firefighters." "We are advising that the community should be prepared to be without power for days to weeks, rather than hours." "Until we are able to gain access to the substation, we will not have a clear picture of how long the region will be without power," Transpower said. "We have people trapped on roofs and we are still in the process of … Authorities said they were yet to restore communications to crews in the Hawke's Bay region and the power grid operator warned the community should be prepared to go without electricity "for days or weeks, not hours". "The severity and breadth of the damage that we are seeing has not been experienced in a generation," Mr Hipkins said on Tuesday.

The country is in a national state of emergency, with thousands evacuated, widespread blackouts and flooding.

“I’ve been in the region over 20 years and this is by far the biggest (storm) ... It’s a very, very significant event,” Hawke’s Bay civil defence spokesman Ian Maxwell told Radio NZ. That they have a meal. It is moving eastwards, and by 1pm the storm’s centre was positioned in the Bay of Plenty, north of Cape Runaway, and heading back out to sea. Power transmission agency Transpower said it was facing a “grid emergency” with outages in the Hawke’s Bay to last “days to weeks”. “It really is widespread across the North Island.” It’s on making sure that people have a roof over their head. That their families are well cared for,” he said. “This is a significant disaster with a real threat to the lives of New Zealanders.” It is the third time a national declaration has been issued, after the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes and the COVID-19 pandemic, showing the scale of the damage. “This is an unprecedented weather event that is having major impacts across much of the North Island,” McAnulty said. In Muriwai, a coastal town west of Auckland, a volunteer firefighter is missing and another is in a critical condition after a home collapsed under a landslide.

The New Zealand government has declared a national state of emergency after Cyclone Gabrielle battered the country's north in what officials described as ...

A lot of homes without power. “A lot of families displaced. The national state of emergency includes six regions where local emergencies had already been declared. “In the fullness of time, we’ll know how it compares with Cyclone Bola." “It’s going to be wet, sodden devastation around there,” Ferris said. It is only the third national emergency ever declared.

Thousands of New Zealanders have been forced to evacuate their homes due to flooding as Cyclone Gabrielle brings bumper rainfall across North Island.

That they have a meal. The storm prompted parties to cancel the first week of parliament for the year, allowing the government to focus on the storm and for MPs to be in their communities. It's on making sure that people have a roof over their head. It's a very, very significant event," Hawke's Bay civil defence spokesman Ian Maxwell told Radio NZ. "I've been in the region over 20 years and this is by far the biggest (storm) ... The storm is New Zealand's worst since 1988, and the damage may surpass the devastation of Cyclone Bola in that year.

New Zealand declared a National State of Emergency on Tuesday for the third time in its history as Cyclone Gabrielle pounded the North Island with wind and ...

Several communities and regions had been isolated, the Met Service said in a Facebook post. local time Tuesday, the Met Service said. Overnight, 150 New Zealand Defence Force personnel joined efforts to distribute supplies and evacuate residents from areas where rising water forced some homeowners onto roofs.

Thousands of people have been evacuated across the country and at least 225000 were without power.

Weather warnings remained in place for much of the east coast of the North Island and upper South Island. Air New Zealand restarted some flights in and out of Auckland, though many routes remained disrupted. Residents in hard-hit areas are being asked to conserve water and food because of fears of shortages. Local media published photographs and video of people sitting on top of buildings surrounded by floodwater, of houses swept to the bottom of hills by landslides, and of roads under water. “The severity and the breadth of the damage that we are seeing has not been experienced in a generation,” By early evening the cyclone had moved south-east of Auckland, near the east coast of the country’s North Island, and was expected to continue moving south-east, roughly parallel to the coast.

The storm is New Zealand's worst since 1988, and the damage may surpass the devastation of Cyclone Bola in that year.

That they have a meal. It’s on making sure that people have a roof over their head. Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty told Stuff.co.nz that roughly 300 people had been rescued from rooftops in Hawke’s Bay, a region on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island. Late on Tuesday, police confirmed a body had been found on the beach on Bay View, just north of Napier. “Overnight there’s been reports of further fatalities across the country,” he said from a briefing in Auckland on Wednesday morning. On Wednesday morning, Hawke’s Bay civil defence authorities confirmed the death of a woman in Putorino, a small town north of Napier.

The storm's heavy rain in mid-February 2023 has added to an unusually wet start to the year.

[LANCE](https://earthdata.nasa.gov/lance), [GIBS/Worldview](https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/), and the [Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership](https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/NPP/main/index.html). The storm left hundreds of thousands without power, led to the cancelation of flights, and has damaged roads, homes, and infrastructure. local time on February 15, the cyclone continued to move slowly toward the southeast and away from New Zealand. Still, warnings for heavy rain and swell remained in effect along some central parts of the country. Cyclone Gabrielle lashed New Zealand with strong winds and heavy rain in mid-February 2023, adding to what has already been an unusually wet start to the year. At the time, the storm was centered near the North Island, but its cloud bands spanned much of the country.

North Island wakes to devastation, as flood waters continue to rise, hundreds rescued from rooftops and more than 10000 people displaced.

As of Wednesday morning, the government said 9,000 people had been evacuated or displaced in the Hawke’s Bay region alone. There is no updated national figure, but on Tuesday the government had said 1,500 were evacuated or displaced outside the Hawke’s Bay area. Some had been forced to swim to safety after the water rose over their homes. with all major arterial roads still closed”. As of Tuesday night, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency classed both regions as “isolated … “Obviously we hope that doesn’t happen.”

New Zealand authorities say they also received reports of two deaths overnight, as vast areas of the North Island remain flooded.

We were without power from 10pm last night until about 3pm today and we had no internet." Some were forced to shelter in place. we are in this for the long haul." Local media reported some people were forced to swim from their homes to safety. The worst of the weather has now cleared and meteorological service WeatherWatch said in a statement that Cyclone Gabrielle was east of the country and continuing to track away from the North Island, with weather now improving. "As New Zealand wakes this morning, there's parts of the country who are really still in the middle of the effects," said Kerry Gregory, chief executive of Fire and Emergency New Zealand on Wednesday.

Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty said a body was found at the site in Muriwai, a beach community near Auckland, where volunteer firefighter Dave ...

We were without power from 10pm last night until about 3pm today and we had no internet." Some were forced to shelter in place. we are in this for the long haul." Local media reported some people were forced to swim from their homes to safety. The worst of the weather has now cleared and meteorological service WeatherWatch said in a statement that the former cyclone was east of the country and continuing to track away from the North Island, with weather now improving. "As New Zealand wakes this morning, there's parts of the country who are really still in the middle of the effects," said Kerry Gregory, chief executive of Fire and Emergency New Zealand on Wednesday.