Cyclone Bola

A DigitalNZ Story by Quinn Fowler

Cyclone Bola. Cyclone Bola was a tragic natural disaster that made its way through New Zealand in 1988, this event cost New Zealand millions of dollars. This story is a collection of information which I found that was useful in aiding my research.

Image: Cyclone Bola satellite view

Cyclone Bola satellite view

Uploaded by DigitalNZ user Quinn Fowler

Had lots of useful information and numbers provided helping me in my research.

Cyclone Bola strikes

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: WhG276-10-88

This resource showed me the true amount of flooding Cyclone Bola caused. Overall it was pretty useful.

WhG276-10-88

Air Force Museum of New Zealand

Image: Cyclone Bola

I found this resource useful because it showed the damage the floods caused, and helped answer one of my questions.

Cyclone Bola

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage