North Island wakes to devastation, as flood waters continue to rise, hundreds rescued from rooftops and more than 10,000 people displaced
New Zealand was attempting to come to grips with the extent of destruction from, as the severe weather system moves away from the country, leaving behind high flood waters, widespread damage, more than 10,000 displaced and at least four dead, including one child.
“What is of concern is that there are still areas that don’t have power, there are still areas that don’t have communications,” the emergency management minister, Kieran McAnulty, said on Wednesday morning.While high winds had initially made helicopter recovery impossible, on Wednesday morning McAnulty said about 300 had been rescued from their roofs in the Hawke’s Bay.
At least three people have died in the Hawke’s Bay area; the child; one woman who was killed after a landslide crushed her home, and another person was found dead on the shoreline.
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