Five people have died, 100 are missing and 10,500 more have been displaced in a disaster that has crippled the country's populous North Island.
NAPIER, New Zealand - Gunships and helicopters were deployed by New Zealand to deliver water, food and fuel to cities cut off by Cyclone Gabrielle on Thursday, as overwhelmed authorities embraced overseas offers of help.
On Thursday, the east-coast city of Napier was cut off again after experts detected damage to the last useable bridge linking its 65,000 residents with the rest of the country. Around the city, petrol stations have put up signs declaring there is "NO FUEL" for anyone other than emergency services.Prime Minister Chris Hipkins on Thursday warned New Zealanders of a long, gruelling recovery ahead, with power not expected to be restored to some areas for weeks and the clean-up likely to take much longer.
After offers of help from the United States and other countries were initially set aside, Hipkins said: "We are accepting offers of international assistance."
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