Auckland Braces As Cyclone Gabrielle Nears 

Residents in Auckland, New Zealand’s biggest city, are hunkering down at home as they brace for heavy rain, flooding and gale-force winds from Cyclone Gabrielle. <br />People in the city and its surrounding areas were asked to stay home for all but essential trips as train services were cancelled, flights suspended, and libraries and most schools closed. <br />Rachel Kelleher, deputy controller of Auckland Emergency Management, says they expect the impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle to get, unfortunately, worse before they get better. <br />The cyclone comes two weeks after a record-breaking storm swamped Auckland and killed four people.