The death toll from the cyclone which hit New Zealand rose to nine on Saturday, as clean-up continued on the nation’s battered North Island and authorities worked to find missing people.
Cyclone Gabrielle hit New Zealand on Sunday on the uppermost region of the North Island, before tracking down the east coast, causing widespread devastation.On Saturday, police said they were investigating a death in the hard-hit Hawke’s Bay region, on the North Island’s east coast, of a person “believed to have died in circumstances related to Cyclone Gabrielle”, taking the death toll to nine.
But police believe many do not have access to communication networks as thousands of properties remain without power.
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