Tropical cyclone New Zealand February 2023: timeline and damage overview
Nature and people in New Zealand suffer from a tropical cyclone in February 2023. A situation report on the current situation in New Zealand.
Report on the status of the current tropical cyclone. (Icon picture) Photo: Adobe Stock / deberarr
A tropical cyclone struck New Zealand on February 14, 2023.
Tropical cyclone in New Zealand: current situation in February 2023
New Zealand declared a national emergency on Tuesday, for only the third time in its history as Hurricane Gabriel unleashed massive flooding, landslides and sea waves, leaving people to be evacuated and stranded on rooftops southeast of Auckland, near the east coast of the country’s north. island, and was expected to move to the southeast, roughly parallel to the coast. Weather warnings remained in effect for much of the east coast of the North Island and Upper South Island, and some 225,000 people were without power.
Causes and consequences of hurricanes
Hurricanes are divided into typhoons and tropical cyclones. Tropical cyclones form mostly in Asia over the Indian Ocean or in the South Pacific Ocean. Tornadoes are especially common in late summer. Because when the sea gets hot in the summer, a lot of it evaporates. During evaporation, air flows from all directions. Because of the Earth’s rotation, the air mass also begins to rotate. This results in very high speeds that destroy buildings and landscapes.
Basic facts about New Zealand
4.89 million people live in the 268,680 square kilometer country in Australia and Oceania. The capital of New Zealand, Wellington.
Disasters in New Zealand since 2019
The current disaster status is determined by the International Disaster Documentation and Identification Project (GLIDE) under the GLIDE number. TC-2023-000022-NZL included.
Catastrophic events have happened repeatedly in New Zealand in the past. A total of two disasters have been listed in the GLIDE database since 2019, one of which was also a hurricane.
| date | It happened | region |
|---|---|---|
| 02/14/2023 | tornado | |
| 01/03/2020 | Epidemic |
+++ Editorial note: This text was automatically generated based on existing data from the GLIDE project. We accept feedback and comments at [email protected]. +++
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