Cyclone Gabrielle

<p>Severe Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle was a powerful and destructive <a href="/facts/Tropical_cyclone/FQzVXly7">tropical cyclone</a> that devastated parts of the <a href="/facts/North_Island/RUGtJJev">North Island</a> of <a href="/facts/New_Zealand/4mpSlJdg">New Zealand</a> and affected parts of <a href="/facts/Vanuatu/ta20UNlL">Vanuatu</a> and <a href="/facts/Norfolk_Island/p9d64LmL">Norfolk Island</a> in February 2023. It is the costliest tropical cyclone on record in the Southern Hemisphere, with total damage estimated to be <a href="/facts/New_Zealand_dollar/P1zTELpH">NZ$</a>14.5 billion (<a href="/facts/United_States_dollar/naEEDUhC">US$</a>9.2 billion), in which NZ$3.18 billion (US$2 billion) are insurance loss. It was also the deadliest cyclone and weather event overall to hit New Zealand since <a href="/facts/Cyclone_Giselle/4y7K4ETf">Cyclone Giselle</a> in 1968, surpassing <a href="/facts/Cyclone_Bola/ov8kJTeM">Cyclone Bola</a> in 1988. The fifth named storm of the <a href="/facts/2022%25E2%2580%259323_Australian_region_cyclone_season/dh5BBm36">2022–23 Australian region cyclone season</a>, and the first severe tropical cyclone of the <a href="/facts/2022%25E2%2580%259323_South_Pacific_cyclone_season/5YaCJwmr">2022–23 South Pacific cyclone season</a>, Gabrielle was first noted as a developing tropical low on 6 February 2023, while it was located on the south of the <a href="/facts/Solomon_Islands/tcyQWq3Q">Solomon Islands</a>, before it was classified as a tropical cyclone and named Gabrielle by the <a href="/facts/Bureau_of_Meteorology/eVxfMybu">Bureau of Meteorology</a>. The system peaked as a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone before moving into the South Pacific basin, then transitioned into a subtropical cyclone on 11 February 2023.
</p><p><a href="/facts/Norfolk_Island/p9d64LmL">Norfolk Island</a> was placed under a red alert as Gabrielle approached, while heavy rain and wind warnings were issued across the North Island of New Zealand. Existing states of emergency in Auckland and the <a href="/facts/Coromandel_(New_Zealand_electorate)/CTGbVCqv">Coromandel</a> due to <a href="/facts/2023_Auckland_Anniversary_Weekend_floods/WnYuENlS">recent floods</a> were extended, and new states of emergency were declared in other areas. The cyclone impacted New Zealand from 11 to 17 February, with a national state of emergency being declared on 14 February 2023. All states of emergency had been lifted by 14 March.
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Cyclone Gabrielle