{"id":3087,"date":"2023-02-15T18:00:10","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T05:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=3087"},"modified":"2023-02-15T18:00:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T05:00:10","slug":"live-cyclone-gabrielle-updates-trail-of-destruction-thousands-evacuated-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=3087","title":{"rendered":"Live Cyclone Gabrielle updates: Trail of destruction, thousands evacuated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The body of a child was located in Eskdale shortly before 2pm today, and police say it is believed they were caught in rising water yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>There have now been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/484285\/cyclone-gabrielle-death-toll-rises-to-four-police-hold-grave-concerns-for-some-missing-people\">four confirmed deaths since Cyclone Gabrielle hit<\/a>, police say.<\/p>\n<p>They have received over 1400 reports of people uncontactable across the North Island in the wake of the cyclone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The vast majority of reports are from Eastern District (Hawke&#8217;s Bay and Tair\u0101whiti) alone, with the remainder from across the North Island,&#8221; police said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers include duplicate reports of the same person reported uncontactable by different people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While we expect a large number of the reports to be the result of communication lines being down, Police can confirm there are several people missing in the Hawke&#8217;s Bay and Tair\u0101whiti areas, for whom we have grave concerns&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Communications into and out of the area continue to be challenging, however, as telecommunication services start to come back online, police anticipate an increase in the number of reports of missing people, found people, damage to property, and demand for basic resources such as food, water, and fuel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Police National Headquarters is now focused on critical support for Eastern District and 70 staff from across Aotearoa are being redeployed to Hawke&#8217;s Bay and Tair\u0101whiti over the next 48 hours to support recovery efforts and provide community reassurance.<\/p>\n<p>Police yesterday deployed 12 Search and Rescue specialist staff to assist with recovery efforts in Eastern District.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people are out of their homes in other areas from Tair\u0101whiti to Hawke&#8217;s Bay and Tararua on the eastern coast, and Dargaville, Muriwai, Piha and Karekare in the west.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metservice.com\/warnings\/home\">MetService<\/a>\u00a0said heavy rain would continue to hit central New Zealand until Thursday with high waves along East Coast.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>source Rnz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The body of a child was located in Eskdale shortly before 2pm today, and police say it is believed they were caught in rising water yesterday. There have now been\u00a0four confirmed deaths since Cyclone Gabrielle hit, police say. 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