Thousands evacuate as Cyclone Gabrielle sweeps the country | nzherald.co.nz

Four dead including one child as devastating effects of Cyclone Gabrielle continue | Newshub

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2023. 2. 15.

Four people have now been confirmed dead, including a child, and at least 1400 people are uncontactable as Cyclone Gabrielle's devastation continues.

 

Cyclone Gabrielle live: Four deaths including one child, 1400 people reported uncontactable, Mayor issues urgent assistance plea

 

Story by Mark Quinlivan, Molly Swift • 1h ago 2023.02.15

 

Many parts of the upper North Island and the Chatham Islands have been badly hit by Cyclone Gabrielle, with the country remaining in a national state of emergency.

Widespread flooding and slips have left homes and vast swathes of land under water, and hillsides weakened by slips. 

The death toll currently sits at four, including one child and a volunteer firefighter.

The Defence Force has said the army rescued 200 people in Hastings alone on Tuesday. The Air Force rescued another 23 people - and their pets - using helicopters to winch them to safety.

Work is underway to get communication, food and water supplies to communities that have been completely cut off.

Official Government advice:

• Severe impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle are now being seen across the upper North Island
• If it is safe to do so, stay at home. Avoid all non-essential travel
• Have an evacuation plan in case your home becomes unsafe to stay in
• If you have evacuated, please stay where you are until you are given the all-clear to go home
• Stay away from floodwater and never drive through floodwaters.
• Check in on neighbours and family members if it is safe to do so
• Please stay up to date with the forecasts from MetService and continue to follow the advice of civil defence and emergency services.Advice on how to get prepared, including in te reo Māori, is at getready.govt.nz
• Call 111 if you feel in any danger. Stay safe - don't take any chances.

What else you need to know:

• The Government has declared a national state of emergency

• Tens of thousands of people across the Far North, Northland, Auckland, Gisborne and Hawke's Bay are without power
• Residents in Gisborne and parts of central Hawke's Bay are being told to urgently conserve water

• Nine-thousand people are displaced in Hawke's Bay alone, the Government says
• Some communities on the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula are cut off.

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Cyclone Gabrielle live: Two dead, water supply at 'critical' levels in Gisborne and Central Hawke's Bay, search for missing Muriwai firefighter resumes© Provided by Newshub

Cyclone Gabrielle live: Two dead, water supply at 'critical' levels in Gisborne and Central Hawke's Bay, search for missing Muriwai firefighter resumes© Provided by Newshub

Hawke's Bay residents rescued after Cyclone Gabrielle forces them onto rooftops | Newshub

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2023. 2. 15.

Heartbreaking stories are coming out of Hawke's Bay after residents were forced to their rooftops as Cyclone Gabrielle destroyed both their homes and livelihoods.

 

Thousands evacuate as Cyclone Gabrielle sweeps the country | nzherald.co.nz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzV2fJpYCBs 

2023. 2. 15.

More than 10,000 people have been displaced up and down the North Island in the wake of what's been dubbed the "storm of the century".