{"id":3180,"date":"2023-02-17T15:03:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T02:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=3180"},"modified":"2023-02-17T15:03:52","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T02:03:52","slug":"cyclone-gabrielle-thousands-displaced-communities-remain-cut-off-and-death-toll-rises-to-seven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=3180","title":{"rendered":"Cyclone Gabrielle: Thousands displaced, communities remain cut off and death toll rises to seven"},"content":{"rendered":"

People in Gisborne are\u00a0being warned to stop using water immediately until further notice<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Gisborne District Council says the water treatment system has failed.<\/p>\n

Council manager Scotty Sharp says people need to “stop all use right now”.<\/p>\n

“Everything, absolutely everything,” he says.<\/p>\n

“Critical, it’s absolutely critical. We need to get the info out to the public because it’s just failed and it’s just failed now.”<\/p>\n

Sharp says the council doesn’t know why it’s failed, but silt could have overloaded the system.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, people in Auckland are\u00a0still being evacuated from their homes in Piha<\/a>\u00a0as land remains dangerous and unstable days after Cyclone Gabrielle.<\/p>\n

Locals are warning city sightseers to stay away from the Auckland beach community, saying they are still in the middle of an emergency.<\/p>\n

The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle has now risen to seven after police confirmed a person is believed to have died after being caught in flood waters in Waiohiki, near Napier.<\/p>\n

Overnight, the\u00a0second firefighter caught in the Muriwai landslide died<\/a>\u00a0in hospital.<\/p>\n