WELLINGTON: The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle rose to seven on Friday (Feb 17), and New Zealanders were told the number was likely to rise because emergency services have not yet made contact with hundreds of communities. 'We do need to brace ourselves for the fact that there are likely to be more fata
WELLINGTON: The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle rose to seven on Friday , and New Zealanders were told the number was likely to rise because emergency services have not yet made contact with hundreds of communities.
On Thursday, more than 3000 people were registered with the police as not yet having had contact with friends or family since the cyclone hit. "This is undoubtedly the biggest natural disaster that we've seen probably this century," Hipkins said."The scale of the damage is considerable because it covers such a large geographical area."
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