The New Zealand government has declared a national state of emergency after Cyclone Gabrielle battered the country's north.
The Associated PressAn aerial photo taken on Tuesday shows flooding caused by Cyclone Gabrielle in Awatoto, near the city of Napier, in northeastern New Zealand.A firefighter was missing and another was rescued with critical injuries after they were caught in a landslide overnight near the country's largest city, Auckland, authorities said.The national emergency declaration enables the government to support affected regions and provide additional resources, the government said.
But 225,000 homes and businesses remained without power and people were continuing to be evacuated, emergency services reported. A stranded bus is shown behind a fallen tree after the storm in Titirangi, a suburb west of Auckland. "It's going to be wet, sodden devastation around there," Ferris said. "We've seen the worst of the storm now. We've just got to get through today."
"I want to acknowledge the situation New Zealanders have been waking up to this morning," Hipkins told reporters. "A lot of families displaced. A lot of homes without power. Extensive damage done across the country.""It will take us a wee while to get a handle on exactly what's happened and, in due course, helping with the clean-up when we get to that point," Hipkins went on.
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