Cyclone Gabrielle
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New Zealand faces ‘long shadow’ of Cyclone Gabrielle one year on from disaster
Thousands of homes not safe to live in and recovery slow a year after worst storm to hit country in a centuryL…
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New Zealand government announces billion-dollar cyclone and flood recovery fund
Record-breaking rainfall hit Auckland in January, only to be followed by Cyclone Gabrielle ravaging the North …
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Cyclone damage shows New Zealand’s beekeepers are unprepared for climate change
Thousands of hives in remote areas still unreachable and full scale of devastation remains unknownTwo months a…
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My Cyclone Diary: amid the cleanup, the true meaning of home and community emerges
In the third instalment in a series of diaries about Cyclone Gabrielle’s aftermath , Anna Rankin talks to thos…
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My Cyclone Diary: after the flood, the dread that replaces panic
In the second instalment in a series of diaries about Cyclone Gabrielle’s aftermath in New Zealand, Anna Ranki…
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Cyclone aftermath offers popularity boost to new New Zealand PM Chris Hipkins as poll looms
Disaster has given opportunity to show decisive leadership but issues raised by climate change could be a poli…
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Buried by mud and silt, New Zealand’s farms face ‘10-year recovery’ – picture essay
Livelihoods in tatters after months of relentless rain and extreme weather – and the clean-up is just beginnin…
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We can’t afford to choose adaptation over cutting emissions – suggesting otherwise is dangerous | James Shaw
Despite what some New Zealand right-wingers are arguing, adaptation will not help us in a world three degrees …
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Growers count cost as Cyclone Gabrielle buries New Zealand vineyards in silt
Deadly storm left wine regions of Hawkes Bay and Gisborne covered in mud just before harvest timeSome wine-gro…
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After Cyclone Gabrielle, New Zealand wonders how – and if – to rebuild
As people dig their houses from the silt, the country faces questions over where to rebuild, as the climate cr…
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New Zealand: Cyclone Gabrielle death toll rises to 11 as police fear more to come
A week after the storm struck the North Island, police say two more bodies were found in hard-hit Hawke’s Bay …
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‘Everyone’s pretty gutted’: New Zealanders struggle to pick up pieces after Cyclone Gabrielle
With emergency services stretched, residents are banding together to clean up and guard against looters – and …
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‘I still haven’t cried’: Cyclone Gabrielle survivors return to valley laid waste
Residents of Eskdale, in New Zealand, recount fears on night of flooding as they return to salvage belongings …
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‘How can we get out of here?’: survivors of Cyclone Gabrielle describe sense of loss and despair
New Zealand reels from impact of massive storm, with many left homeless and others cut off from food supplies,…
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Cyclone Gabrielle: child among four dead in New Zealand storms as regions remain cut off
North Island wakes to devastation, as flood waters continue to rise, hundreds rescued from rooftops and more t…