カテゴリー: Cyclone Gabrielle
Thousands of homes not safe to live in and recovery slow a year after worst storm to hit country in a centuryLast year Wairoa, a small farming community on New Zealand’s east coast, was forced to close its only retirement home. The facility was badly d…
Record-breaking rainfall hit Auckland in January, only to be followed by Cyclone Gabrielle ravaging the North Island in FebruaryThe New Zealand government is allocating NZ$1.1bn to help communities recover from Cyclone Gabrielle and flooding.The funds …
Thousands of hives in remote areas still unreachable and full scale of devastation remains unknownTwo months after a cyclone swept away thousands of beehives in the fertile fruit bowl of New Zealand’s North Island and left thousands more unreachable, b…
In the third instalment in a series of diaries about Cyclone Gabrielle’s aftermath , Anna Rankin talks to those who are still salvaging their livesMy Cyclone Diary: after the flood, the dread that replaces panicOn his third attempt, previously thwarted…
In the second instalment in a series of diaries about Cyclone Gabrielle’s aftermath in New Zealand, Anna Rankin describes the fears, rumours and unexpected effects of a lack of internet in the town of WairoaMy Cyclone Diary: The day we watched the floo…
Disaster has given opportunity to show decisive leadership but issues raised by climate change could be a political landmineOn the lawn of a suburban home in Coromandel, the prime minister’s dress shoes have been scuffed ochre by a softened bed of clay…
Livelihoods in tatters after months of relentless rain and extreme weather – and the clean-up is just beginningKaryn Maddren walks out into the ruins of her stud farm, and stands in front of the waterfall. A month earlier, it was a green hillside. Now,…
Despite what some New Zealand right-wingers are arguing, adaptation will not help us in a world three degrees warmerI cannot say how the world will look for our kids, but what I do know is that it will reflect the decisions we take today. The past two …
Deadly storm left wine regions of Hawkes Bay and Gisborne covered in mud just before harvest timeSome wine-growing regions in New Zealand’s North Island have been devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle, with vineyards there facing a long path to recovery afte…
As people dig their houses from the silt, the country faces questions over where to rebuild, as the climate crisis heralds more and more extreme weather“It was a tsunami from the hills. It was bigger than the tides. The noise – it was like Huka Falls.”…
A week after the storm struck the North Island, police say two more bodies were found in hard-hit Hawke’s Bay areaThe death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle in New Zealand climbed to 11 as many people not yet contacted a week later.The cyclone hit the North…
With emergency services stretched, residents are banding together to clean up and guard against looters – and say they are seeing humanity’s best and worstEverywhere, strewn across the valleys and plains, there are apples. Red spheres line the roads an…
Residents of Eskdale, in New Zealand, recount fears on night of flooding as they return to salvage belongings and rescuers continue search for bodiesCrouched in the dark, gripping the slick corrugated iron, Michael and Kelly McKendry hauled themselves …
New Zealand reels from impact of massive storm, with many left homeless and others cut off from food supplies, power and communicationsIn the New Zealand city of Napier, black army helicopters hum overhead. Leonard Fleming has damp clothes, no food and…
North Island wakes to devastation, as flood waters continue to rise, hundreds rescued from rooftops and more than 10,000 people displaced New Zealand was attempting to come to grips with the extent of destruction from Cyclone Gabrielle, as the severe w…