PM warns New Zealanders as storm deluge looms

New Zealand’s national carrier canceled dozens of flights on Sunday as Aucklanders braced for a deluge from ex-cyclone Gabrielle; two weeks after a record-breaking storm swamped the nation's largest city and killed four people. Air New Zealand said it was canceling all domestic flights to and from Auckland through midday Tuesday as well as many international flights.

Cyclone Gabrielle was already affecting the northern part of New Zealand on Sunday. Gusts of about 130 kilometers per hour were expected. Earlier, the cyclone passed near remote Norfolk Island, a territory of Australia that is home to about 1,750 people. Emergency Management Norfolk Island Controller George Plant said Sunday it had issued an all-clear. He said there was some debris on the roads and some power lines were down.