{"id":3056,"date":"2023-02-14T18:08:59","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T05:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=3056"},"modified":"2023-02-14T18:08:59","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T05:08:59","slug":"live-weather-updates-cyclone-gabrielle-unleashes-fury-across-north-island-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=3056","title":{"rendered":"Live weather updates: Cyclone Gabrielle unleashes fury across North Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

About 500 more people may have to be evacuated around Dargaville this evening as high tide looms in the cut-off Northland town.<\/p>\n

Kaipara District mayor Craig Jepson says residents around Finlayson Park Ave in the town need to evacuate now.<\/p>\n

Emergency services today moved 65 people in Ruawai to higher ground, he says.<\/p>\n

And there are currently about 80 people in evacuation centres around the district.<\/p>\n

But the looming high tide poses a significant new threat.<\/p>\n

NZ Defence Force has choppered extra police into Dargaville to assist with evacuations.<\/p>\n

A national state of emergency has been declared after Cyclone Gabrielle unleashed fury across the North Island.<\/p>\n

This is only the third time in New Zealand history a National State of Emergency has been declared.<\/p>\n

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