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Heavy Rain And Wind Warnings For New Zealand’s North Island

“This number will change constantly as we restore homes and businesses but, with the weather due to worsen, we expect further outages overnight and tomorrow.”
13 Feb 2023 09:21
Heavy Rain And Wind Warnings For New Zealand’s North Island
Cyclone winds have caused major damage to the Northpower network, much of it from trees falling through lines . Photo: RNZ

Auckland: Cyclone Gabrielle has started to wreak havoc across the top of the North Island, with thousands of homes losing power, schools closing and trains, ferries and flights cancelled in the Auckland region.

The Auckland Harbour Bridge has been closed to all traffic as Gabrielle tracks closer, creating waves over 11m high in the Bay of Islands.

Electricity lines company Vector said by 7pm about 15,000 Auckland customers were without power, on top of almost 8000 cut off in Northland.

“This number will change constantly as we restore homes and businesses but, with the weather due to worsen, we expect further outages overnight and tomorrow.”

 

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Source: RNZ Pacific

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