,,, the hurricanes are a problem but things like coastal taipans would concern me if I was cleaning up.
I can't remember in my living memory if there has ever been any cyclones in New Zealand - not in Auckland. Although from one old testbook there was one in the mid 1970s.
Compared with my native Hong Kong where you get 3-4 typhoons every year. If you get a direct/semi-direct one, you get a Typhoon Signal No. 8 or higher from the Hong Kong Observatory. As a school boy I always "looked" forward to theswe occasions as it means schools are off and "Yay! No school! We have an extra holiday!". The winds of 130+ km per hr in a metropolis with highrise buildings are far more lethal than average gusty storms here in New Zealand - often a few people will get killed in typhoons with Signal No. 10 (the highest signal).