New Zealand’s death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle rose to nine as clean-up continued on the nation’s battered North Island and authorities worked to find missing people. | Reuters
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins on Friday called Gabrielle the biggest natural disaster to hit New Zealand this century, and warned that the death toll was likely to rise as crews made contact with hundreds of cut-off communities.
But police believe many do not have access to communication networks as thousands of properties remain without power. North of Hawke’s Bay, at Tairāwhiti Gisborne, the area’s Civil Defence group controller Ben Green said there was “still a long way to go before everyone has been located, had their needs met and everyone’s connected once again”.
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