Residents of New Zealand’s biggest city were urged on Sunday to prepare for the impact of a storm that buffeted Australia’s Norfolk Island overnight. Gabrielle, downgraded to a sub-tropical low pressure system from a Category 2 cyclone, passed over Norfolk Island, its “most destructive winds” missing the island, the Australian outpost’s emergency management authority said. New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is briefed ahead of Cyclone Gabrielle’s arrival at Waka Kotahi Auckland Transport on Sunday. Credit:GettyThe focus shifts to New Zealand, 1460 kilometres south, where the nation’s weather forecaster warned of the storm’s impact from Sunday. Last month the largest city, Auckland, was hit by record rainfall that sparked floods and killed four people.

Source: Stuff February 12, 2023 07:35 UTC