Food drops to isolated communities in New Zealand are still being delivered by air, as authorities work to urgently repair hundreds of kilometres of roads damaged by former Cyclone Gabrielle.
New Zealand's prime minister described it as the most damaging natural disaster in a generationA week after the cyclone tore through New Zealand's North Island, most of the immediate search and rescue work has been completed and residents continue to salvage what they can from their homes.
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services, who have been providing assistance to civil and defence teams, have been using drones to assist in the search for buried vehicles and structures in the devastated Hawke's Bay area.New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has described the cyclone, which caused widespread damage on the North Island and claimed 11 lives, as the country's most damaging natural disaster in at least a generation.
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