New Zealand floods News

Extreme Weather May Force New Zealand to Rethink Where It Builds: Finance Minister

New Zealand faces big questions about where people should live and how to build infrastructure as the devastating aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle highlights the impact of climate change, Finance Minister Grant Robertson said. The cyclone swept across the Upper North …

New Zealand Searches for Missing After Cyclone; Sizable Economic Cost Expected

New Zealand is still searching for people missing in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle amid fears the death toll will continue to climb. Five people are now confirmed dead after the cyclone devastated large areas of the nation’s North Island, …

Cyclone’s Destructive Path Through New Zealand, Killing at Least Four People

Four people are dead and there are concerns for others who are missing on New Zealand’s North Island as emergency services struggle to reach isolated communities in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle. The dead include a young person caught in …

Cyclone Gabrielle Leaves Trail of Destruction Across New Zealand’s North Island

Cyclone Gabrielle has started to track away from New Zealand after leaving a trail of destruction across large parts of the nation’s North Island. Some 225,000 homes are without electricity, at least 2,500 people have been evacuated and tens of …

Cyclone Gabrielle Hits New Zealand Leaving Thousands of Homes Without Power

Tens of thousands of homes in northern New Zealand are without electricity as a powerful cyclone begins lashing the South Pacific nation, bringing high winds and intense rainfall. Cyclone Gabrielle is tracking north-east of New Zealand and the center of …

New Zealand Braces for Cyclone Gabrielle, Just Days After Devastating Floods

Residents of Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, are being asked to prepare for further bad weather as a system described as potentially “the most serious storm to impact New Zealand this century” is forecast to hit in coming days. The …

New Zealand Provides NZ$700,000 in Additional Funding for Post-Flood Rebuilding

New Zealand’s government on Thursday announced NZ$700,000 ($450,000) in additional funding to help rebuild flood-ravaged Auckland and other areas in the upper north island as residents of the country’s second-largest city start cleaning up. Auckland and much of New Zealand’s …

New Zealand Braces for More Flooding From Another Rain Deluge

Auckland is bracing for another rain deluge later Tuesday that threatens more surface flooding and land slips on ground already sodden after a record downpour. New Zealand’s MetService is forecasting that a new weather system will strike the nation’s largest …

Insurers Hit With Thousands of Claims Following Storms and Floods in New Zealand

Major insurers operating in New Zealand including Insurance Australia Group and Suncorp Group have cumulatively received over 9,000 claims so far following severe storms and flooding in and around the biggest city, Auckland. As of Monday morning, Suncorp’s Vero and …

New Zealand Weighs Damage After Floods Batter South Island

New Zealand retained a state of emergency in parts of its flood-battered South Island on Sunday as authorities weighed damage in the region hardest hit by four days of torrential rain. Last week’s rains in northern and central areas forced …