Nearly 5000 people have been reported as unaccounted for following Cyclone Gabrielle.
There are nine people confirmed dead and police have “grave concerns”
Civil Defence has made contact with 90 percent of Tairāwhiti communities and expects to reach the rest by the end of today, says Emergency Management. Watch the latest government update here.
Vulnerable New Zealand communities are taught to prepare for natural disasters, but national messaging says you may need to survive three days without assistance. The situation for cut-off communities may now be urgent.
The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle has reached nine in New Zealand, officials said on Saturday.Roger Ball, Acting Director Emergency Management of the National Emergency Management Agency, told a media briefing that nine people had lost .