{"id":3146,"date":"2023-02-17T05:39:33","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T16:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=3146"},"modified":"2023-02-17T05:39:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T16:39:33","slug":"cyclone-gabrielle-stories-of-hope-amongst-ruin-in-hawkes-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=3146","title":{"rendered":"Cyclone Gabrielle: Stories of hope amongst ruin in Hawke&#8217;s Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-sub-nav c-sub-nav--inline \"><\/div>\n<div class=\"content__primary u-divider-bottom@until-medium\">\n<div class=\"article article-news article-news-484346\">\n<header class=\"article__header c-story-header\">\n<div class=\"o-kicker\"><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"c-story-header__headline\">Cyclone Gabrielle: Stories of hope amongst ruin in Hawke&#8217;s Bay<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-story-header__meta\">\n<div class=\"c-dateblock\"><span class=\"updated\">10:04 pm on 16 February 2023<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-social\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<nav class=\"c-social__menu\"><span class=\"share-text\">Share this<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-social__buttons\"><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-byline\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__author\">\n<div class=\"author-detail\">\n<div class=\"author-social\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__body\">\n<div class=\"embedded-media brightcove-video\">\n<div class=\"fluidvids\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Heartbreaking stories of people who have lost everything are emerging, as the devastation Cyclone Gabrielle brought upon Hawke&#8217;s Bay becomes clearer.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are stories of hope and community among the wreckage.<\/p>\n<p>It is hard to comprehend the devastation caused by Cyclone Gabrielle across Hawke&#8217;s Bay. Thousands are displaced, and whan\u0101u are struggling to reconnect with loved ones as power, internet, and cellphone service are still patchy for many.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Natalie Morgans &#8211; along with 11 other Pakowhai residents &#8211; gathered on a roof while floodwaters rose until they were lapping at the spouting.<\/p>\n<p>Morgans said farm animals and pets could not be saved.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When the water really came up, we sat and listened to three-and-a-half hours&#8230; to sheep dying and there were cows, we could hear them drowning. The pig that everyone had been trying to catch on canoes swam past, and then he went under the water and didn&#8217;t come back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Morgans was rescued by helicopter and taken to Flaxmere Community Centre.<\/p>\n<p>The evacuation centre has become a home to about 25 people &#8211; babies, grandparents, young couples, displaced wh\u0101nau.<\/p>\n<p>A child shyly tapped a young man on the shoulder and asked him to play a card game &#8211; and the whole table joined in. They knew each other&#8217;s stories, made each other cups of tea, and helped bring in supplies when they arrived &#8211; becoming volunteers themselves.<\/p>\n<p>People were in tears describing their harrowing experiences and how they got to be there &#8211; and then in tears again when they spoke of the aroha they&#8217;d received from the moment they arrived.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyclone Gabrielle: Stories of hope amongst ruin in Hawke&#8217;s Bay 10:04 pm on 16 February 2023 Share this Heartbreaking stories of people who have lost everything are emerging, as the devastation Cyclone Gabrielle brought upon Hawke&#8217;s Bay becomes clearer. However, there are stories of hope and community among the wreckage. 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