It's kind of hard to imagine how high the Manawatū River got when #CycloneGabriel came through in February this year. Our river does change rapidly as the catchment is a large one with lots of tributaries.
If you look at the strange dark blob near the top of one of the willow trees overhanging the river, it's debris that lodged there in February... 🤔😮

#climate #rainfall #river #water

My cartoon in today's @NZStuff & in print The Dominion Post and Waikato Times and syndicated across Aotearoa New Zealand.

Another devastating loss for people displaced by Cyclone Gabriel.

#CycloneGabriel #NoPets #Trauma #Heartbreak #Aotearoa #NZ #ClimateCrisis #NewZealand

I herd a reporter say last night that some North Islanders think us South Islander's don't get the level of damage, as a CHCH person I do I get it when you see it on TV you only see it in front of you, living it were it's all around you in 360 24/7 can be crippling emotionally just know it dose get better and there are some of us who get what you're going thru.

Kia Kaha.

#CycloneGabriel

85kg Great Dane, Hank, at HUHA’s stand up animal shelter in Auckland. Hank was heroically rescued by NZDF at Clevedon NZ.

Amazing work being done by our animal welfare organisations - backed up by Civil Defence & NZDF - rescuing farm & domestic animals across the Upper & Central North Island
#CycloneGabriel

Cyclone Gabriel is causing widespread destruction and flooding across New Zealand.A red alert warning was issued on Norfolk Island before the cyclone.Five people died.🇳🇿🇳🇫
#NewZealand #NorfolkIsland
#CycloneGabriel
Flooding caused by Cyclone Gabrielle near Napier, New Zealand - 14 February 2023

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🔵 Flooding caused by Cyclone #Gabrielle near #Napier, #NewZealand🇳🇿 14 February 2023 ##Copernicus🇪🇺 #Sentinel-2🛰️ and #Sentinel-1🛰️ #SAR Full-size ➡️ https://flic.kr/p/2oh3FGG + https://flic.kr/p/2oh3FEY #OpenData #SciComm #RemoteSensing #CycloneGabriel #flooding
Flooding caused by Cyclone Gabrielle near Napier, New Zealand - 14 February 2023

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Honderdduizenden zonder stroom in Nieuw-Zeeland: 'Heftigste weer in 100 jaar'

Vanwege het noodweer is de nationale noodtoestand uitgeroepen. Dat is pas voor de derde keer in de geschiedenis van het land.

NOS Nieuws
@JennyW Hello again, I've started loving it here, nice people and interesting conversation. Following lots of people and hashtags makes your feed fun 
Some goodies:
#Gardening #Solarpunk #Compostodon #Caturday #CycloneGabriel

I have to say shout out to our Civil Defense men & women from leadership down have done a pretty dam god job of making some tuff calls on shutting stuff down to minimize potential dangerous situations, it shows just how far our CD has come in the last couple of decades both reactive to proactive, I'd put them up against any CD world wide.

#CycloneGabriel