New Zealand has been placed in a national state of emergency due to widespread damage from Cyclone Gabrielle.
In Muriwai, a coastal town west of Auckland, a volunteer firefighter is missing feared dead, and another is in a critical condition after a home collapsed under a landslide.also reported that people were trapped in cars along State Highway 5 between Napier and Taupo, where communications were patchy.
It is expected to move eastwards, and by 10am it was positioned in the Bay of Plenty, north of Tauranga.More than 100,000 Kiwis have lost power in the past 24 hours, including the entire city of Napier, which lost power on Tuesday morning.Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty MetService executive Lisa Murray said some areas of the Coromandel, the region closest to the storm’s eye, received 300 millimetres of rain during the storm to date.Asked what area gives her the most concern, Ms Murray replied: “There are so many areas ... there’s a lot of places in trouble.”
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