Cyclone Gabrielle: 'The most serious storm to hit New Zealand this century' closes in

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Weather forecasters warn Cyclone Gabrielle could dump up to 400mm of rain and unleash winds close to 100mph - less than a fortnight after New Zealand's largest city, Auckland, was ravaged by floods.

Earlier this week, private forecaster, WeatherWatch, tweeted:"We don't say this lightly - but this is looking like one of the most serious storms forecast for New Zealand so far this century," adding that the northern half of the North Island is"especially exposed".

Air New Zealand cancelled several flights due to depart from the North Island between Sunday and Tuesday. Red warnings for heavy rain are in force for the Coromandel Peninsula and Gisborne, north of Tolaga Bay on the North Island.

 

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Wokeness stupid autocorrect

Got a lot of family there so I hope it’s not too serious

Lockdown

They should have named it Jacinda after their former PM

'Slight Rain Near Auckland Airport No Turbulent Weather ?'

The Storm has a lot of place for activating in this wide ocean, why New Zealand? 😣

Didn’t they just have a fifth of years worth of rain in 24hrs last week…?

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