{"id":52528,"date":"2023-02-12T11:29:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T02:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/feb\/12\/nz-north-island-braces-for-potentially-devastating-weather-as-cyclone-gabrielle-barrels-toward-region"},"modified":"2023-02-13T11:20:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T02:20:33","slug":"new-zealand-north-island-braces-for-potentially-devastating-weather-as-cyclone-gabrielle-barrels-towards-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=52528","title":{"rendered":"Cyclone Gabrielle: evacuations urged as \u2018potentially devastating\u2019 storm lashes New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands without power in North Island, red weather warnings issued for rain and wind, schools closed and flights cancelled in Auckland<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2023\/feb\/13\/cyclone-gabrielle-new-zealand-regional-states-of-emergency-evacuation-declared-auckland-as-storm-approaches\">Follow the latest New Zealand storm updates live<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Evacuations are under way and tens of thousands of people are without power as Cyclone Gabrielle batters New Zealand\u2019s North Island, where the largest city is still recovering from record rain last month.<\/p>\n<p>As the former tropical cyclone skirted New Zealand\u2019s coastline, the MetService issued its highest ever number of red weather warnings for intense rain and gale-force winds, including for Auckland, the largest city, which was hit by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/feb\/01\/auckland-floods-biggest-climate-event-new-zealand-history-flooding\">flooding a fortnight ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a 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