Cyclone Gabrielle causes widespread flooding, landslides and huge ocean swells across the North Island
The New Zealand government has declared a National State of Emergency for just the third time in history as Cyclone Gabrielle causes wide spread flooding, landslides and huge ocean swells across the North Island.
“This is an unprecedented weather event that is having major impacts across much of the North Island,” said McAnulty.following the 6.3 quake in ChristchurchGabrielle had been sitting 100 km northeast of Auckland over some small islands but was now moving southwest. Meteorological organization MetService said the worst of the rain had passed for Auckland but it will start to have more of an impact further south.
Local media has photos of people sitting on top of buildings surrounded by flood waters, of houses at the bottom of hills following landslides and of roads under water.
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