Communities still reeling from recent flooding were issued red weather warnings and told to prepare for intense rain and gale force winds
The low pressure generated by the system could cause storm surges not seen for 40 years.
The MetService said gale force winds could extend 400km from Gabrielle’s centre. The storm was expected to intensify on Monday “as the low centre curves southwards, towards the Great Barrier Island and Coromandel Peninsula,” the agency said., an Australian territory, downing trees, blocking roads and causing power outages.
Dr Kevin Trenberth, an Auckland-based climate scientist, said hundreds of homes were still damaged from the “extraordinary” downpours at the end of January. “This isn’t just these two events. We’ve had a raft of sub-tropical low pressure systems that have bombarded New Zealand this year.”Center for Atmospheric Research and an honorary academic at the University of Auckland, said ocean temperatures around New Zealand were very warm and this provided fuel for storms and adds moisture for rainfall.
“But there’s a clearly a global warming signature to this,” he said, pointing to the long-term warming of oceans.
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