Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston was a powerful, long-lived, erratic, and destructive tropical cyclone that became the most intense in the Southern Hemisphere on record, as well as the strongest to mak
Cyclone Winston at record peak intensity on 20 February, just before making landfall in Fiji
Winston east of Queensland, with subtropical characteristics on 27 February
A home largely destroyed by the storm in Tailevu Province
Large swells in Gold Coast, Queensland injured multiple people and prompted the closure of beaches
Severe Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone that devastated parts of the North Island of New Zealand and affected parts of Vanuatu and Norfolk Island in February
Cyclone Winston
…cyclone worldwide in 2016. Winston was, at the time, the costliest tropical cyclone on record in the South Pacific basin, until it was surpassed by Cyclone Gabrielle in 2023. The system was first noted as a tropical disturbance on 7 February 2016, when it was located to the northwest of Port Vila, Vanuatu. Over the…
Cyclone Gabrielle shortly before its peak intensity on 10 February
Gabrielle nearing the North Island on 13 February
Brookfields Bridge in 2025
Damage at Redclyffe Bridge and Waiohiki 17 days after the storm