The New Zealand government declared a national state of emergency Tuesday after Cyclone Gabrielle battered the country's north in what officials described as the nation's most severe weather event in years.
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. It is only the third national emergency ever declared.
But 225,000 homes and businesses remained without power and people were continuing to be evacuated, emergency services reported. The national state of emergency includes six regions where local emergencies had already been declared. They are Auckland, as well as the regions of Northland, Tairawhiti, Bay of Plenty, Waikato and Hawke's Bay.
Hipkins said the military was already on the ground on the hardest-hit northern reaches of the North Island helping with evacuations and keeping essential supplies moving.
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