A New Zealand mum has recounted the heartbreak of watching her two-year-old daughter being swept away in floodwaters unleashed by Cyclone Gabrielle, which has killed at least eight people.
This undated handout photo received on February 16, 2023 from the New Zealand Defence Force shows flooding in the Hawkes Bay region in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle. New Zealand is under a national state of emergency after Cyclone Gabrielle bore down on its northern coast on February 12. PLTOFF Callum Post / New Zealand Defence Force / AFP
About 10,000 people are displaced, cities and towns are still without power and drinking water, and local government officials estimate tens or even hundreds of communities have yet to be contacted. Collins, her husband and their two kids were trapped in their one-storey home in the hard-hit Hawke’s Bay region when the floodwaters arrived.
In the chaos, two-and-a-half-year-old Ivy was swept away and drowned. Collins said the child “died very quickly”.Prime Minister Chris Hipkins toured the Hawke’s Bay region on Friday, saying “the whole country” was feeling for communities affected.“I just ask people to keep going, you know, we will get through this. We will come out the other side of it. But it is an exceptionally challenging circumstance at the moment.
“I’ve absolutely felt that today on the ground… All I can say to people is: everyone is going as fast as they can to try and get things reconnected.”
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