‘Grave concerns’ for people seen swept away by flood waters as Bay of Plenty, Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay brace for severe thunderstorms
requested Australia’s help for disaster response on Thursday morning. “I can confirm we have received a formal request from New Zealand less than an hour ago,” Elizabeth Peak from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade told the Senate.
“What we’ve also seen in the last 24 to 48 hours is the very best of New Zealand: we’ve seen those communities coming together wrapping support around each other, looking after each other.” As the emergency response continued, fresh storms were arriving, with severe thunderstorm alerts issued on Thursday morning for the worst-hit areas.
Large parts of the Hawke’s Bay region were without power, and were expected to remain so for weeks, with thousands of people displaced.
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