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March 1997 North Island Ex-tropical Cyclone Gavin
Ex-tropical Cyclone Gavin brought high winds, high seas, heavy rain and flooding to parts of Northland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Gisborne. Three homes were evacuated in Gisborne due to wind damage and a family was evacuated in Northland.
June 1992 Gisborne Flooding
There were flash floods on the East Cape and Te Araroa was isolated.
September 1988 North Island Storm
There were high winds in the Bay of Plenty which caused one casualty when a tree was blown over onto a vehicle. Gisborne, Hawke's Bay and Manawatu-Wanganui suffered severe flooding. A Civil Defence Emergency was declared on the 2nd in the Manawatu-Wanganui region.
July 1988 North Island Flooding
Heavy rain, flooding and landslips were experienced in Auckland, Waikato and Gisborne, and caused damage and disruption. An teenager was presumed dead after being swept away in the Waiwera Estuary.
March 1988 North Island Ex-tropical Cyclone Bola
Ex-tropical Cyclone Bola struck most regions of the North Island, in particular Taranaki, Hawke's Bay, Gisborne and Northland, bringing widespread damage with combinations of heavy rain, flooding, high winds and heavy seas. Two people were drowned in Northland, three in Gisborne and two in Hawke's Bay. Three people were injured by high winds in Taranaki. The tail end of the cyclone later struck Tasman-Nelson.
July 1985 Gisborne and Hawke's Bay Flooding
A Civil Defence emergency was declared in Poverty Bay on the 26th July 1985 due to flooding.
December 1980 Hawke's Bay Flooding
Heavy rain caused severe flooding in Twyford.
February 1978 Gisborne Flooding
The exceptionally heavy thunderstorm brought severe flooding to the city and disrupted power supplies.
June 1977 Gisborne Flooding
A Civil Defence Emergency was declared in Gisborne after heavy rain caused extensive flooding and slips.
June-July 1968 North Island Flooding
A Civil Defence emergency was declared in Opotiki on the 1st of July 1968.
February 1967 North Island Ex-tropical Cyclone Dinah
Ex-tropical Cyclone Dinah brought heavy rain, flooding and high winds to most regions of the North Island. There was also a hail storm in the Nelson area. A man was missing and presumed drowned in Rotorua.
August 1965 New Zealand Flooding
April 1962 New Zealand Storm
A gale hit the North Island accompanied by heavy rain. High waves believe to be caused by the storm pounded the shores of Wellington and Canterbury.
January 1961 North Island Cyclone
A cyclone swept across Auckland peninsula and left a trail of destruction in its wake. There were heavy seas which lead to the drowning of a man near Whangamata. Ruatoria district was hit hard by the flooding and stock losses were very high.
October 1956 Waikato and Gisborne Hail
Hailstorms hit Tokomaru Bay in Gisborne and Waitoa in the Waikato, causing crop damage.
May 1954 Upper North Island Flooding
There was flooding in Northland, Auckland and the Waikato. Two men drowned in the Mangaiti area, near Te Aroha.
March-April 1954 New Zealand Storm
Southerly gales swept Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Taranaki and Marlborough over a few days. Heavy rain brought flooding and landslides to parts of Gisborne and Hawke's Bay.
June 1953 Gisborne and Wellington Flooding
Torrential rain brought flooding and landslides to Gisborne and the Wairarapa.
June-July 1950 North Island Flooding
There was heavy rain and flooding in the Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay and Manawatu-Wanganui which caused road closures due to washouts and slips.
May 1948 North Island Storm
Three days of heavy rain, combined with high winds, brought one of the heaviest floods in Gisborne's history. There were also damaging floods in northern Hawke's Bay and some flooding in the Bay of Plenty.
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