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CHRISTCHURCH and other districts on the South Island of New Zealand this week as Cyclone Gita tore through the country, leaving many .
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Last week, Gita reached wind speeds of 230 kilometres per hour and ripped through the Pacific island of Tonga. It was the worst cyclone to hit the country in 60 years, destroying or damaging .
Arriving at New Zealand, the storm first hit the zone between the North and South islands, whipping up waves as tall as 9 metres.
As Gita went south to Christchurch, it brought almost 30 centimetres of rainfall in places. Nearly 200 schools were shut, and New Zealand鈥檚 national airline cancelled all flights to and from the capital, Wellington.
鈥淓ven though the deep low pressure system moves away from us early on Wednesday, the effects of Gita will last a few more days, with further rain likely about central New Zealand until Thursday,鈥� said Lisa Murray at in Wellington.
This article appeared in print under the headline 鈥淐yclone Gita strikes New Zealand鈥�
