Weather forecasters warn Cyclone Gabrielle could dump up to 400mm of rain and unleash winds close to 100mph - less than a fortnight after New Zealand's largest city, Auckland, was ravaged by floods.
Earlier this week, private forecaster, WeatherWatch, tweeted:"We don't say this lightly - but this is looking like one of the most serious storms forecast for New Zealand so far this century," adding that the northern half of the North Island is"especially exposed".
Air New Zealand cancelled several flights due to depart from the North Island between Sunday and Tuesday. Red warnings for heavy rain are in force for the Coromandel Peninsula and Gisborne, north of Tolaga Bay on the North Island.
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