At least three people died New Zeland After the passing of hurricane ‘Gabrielle’ Caused the evacuation of 10,500 people and destroyed hundreds of infrastructures across the country.
New Zealand Emergencies Minister Kieran McAnulty confirmed that the victims were dead, but warned that the balance could rise in the coming hours due to the work of the emergency services. continue their rescue and search activities in several places, it reports the radio station RNZ. “I want to make it clear that this is not an expectation, it is a constant concern that I have, we are talking about a massive, unprecedented climate phenomenon,” the portfolio head said, referring to the death toll.
Emergency services found the lifeless body of a person in the town of Muriwai, on New Zealand’s west coast, where they were looking for a volunteer firefighter who was stranded in the rains. On the other hand, in the north of Hawke’s Bay in the east of the country, two people died as a result of the collapse of his house, and the second was found on the seashore.
McAnulty noted that the hurricane moved away from the country’s coast, meaning “the worst of the storm is over“, although he warned that they were not “yet” out of danger.
The New Zealand Government declared a national state of emergency on Tuesday as Hurricane ‘Gabrielle’ swept across the country to ‘assist the response to this unprecedented meteorological phenomenon with significant repercussions’. “. Thousands of people were evacuated this Monday due to flooding caused by the arrival of Hurricane ‘Gabrielle’ at various locations on the Coromandel Peninsula on New Zealand’s North Island, no casualties have been reported at this time.