In New Zealand, heavy rainfall caused widespread flooding, power outages and road closures.

Residents of some settlements are being evacuated.

This is reported by the Associated Press.

From Tuesday, February 14, a state of emergency will be in effect in a number of regions of the country that were affected by Cyclone Gabriel.

This also applies to Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand, as well as the regions of Northland, Tairauhiti, Bay of Plenty, Waikato and Hawke's Bay.

In particular, in Auckland 

four people died.

Trains were stopped in the city and schools were closed.

Airlines have canceled more than 500 flights.

Currently in 

in the most affected regions, the military is helping local residents to evacuate.

Meteorologist Lewis Ferris said a weather station in the Hawke's Bay and Napier regions recorded three times more rainfall overnight than is normal for the whole of February.

Earlier we reported that the coast of Israel was covered by the storm "Barbara".

According to the Israel Water Resources Authority, the Sea of ​​Galilee rose by 1.5 centimeters during the day amid heavy rain.

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