Death toll Cyclone Gabrielle

Some long-range models the MetService relied on to make predictions showed a risk of heavy rain for the east coast of the North Island, with about 50mm of ...

Before the Army get deployed for that sort of role, the police have to communicate that they cannot manage the situation. So it’s not something that happens very often.” They’re nowhere near that situation, so the military won’t be used for that purpose,” Little said. We’re committed to supporting Hawke’s Bay, and particularly our more rural and vulnerable communities, by restoring power or providing alternative solutions as soon as we can.” Don’t panic, we are aware of this,” he said. “It is a very high threshold for the military to be deployed for police use.

The beach community at Muriwai has experienced deadly landslide in the past, but houses were nevertheless allowed to be built on the debris of former slips.

Houses on Domain Crescent and Motutara Road are at the foot of the escarpment, below landslide source areas. Geomorphological mapping of landforms using high-resolution LiDAR DEMs can prove useful in planning and decision-making, as well as landslide susceptibility mapping. In 1981, the Soon after, it was reported a Rodney District Council engineer had stated no new houses would be built on the 1965 landslide footprint. They are constructed on Kaihu sands, with some of the houses built on debris from former landslides. While the Building Act 1991 and 2004 have improved matters, we are still dealing with section 641A’s legacy. In August 1965, following heavy rainfall, fatal landslides over 200 metres long occurred on consecutive days at the south-east end of Domain Crescent, destroying houses and killing two people. These crenulations, or “embayments”, represent the headscarps (or source areas) of landslides. But if too much water is added, the castle collapses rapidly as a “flow-slide”. But we must also begin looking into the history of land-use and planning decisions in areas worst hit by landslides. Initially, this has a suction effect (negative pore pressure), whereby the water pulls the sand grains together, increasing strength. Landslides can be a deadly hazard, but only when people are exposed to them.

With so many people still unaccounted-for, search-and-rescue crews in New Zealand must meticulously check every inundated house and car for the missing.

"So there's a hole there where she and the kids had to get up on the roof … she smashed a hole and climbed up and sat up there for most of the night." On the ground, Fire and Emergency and the police are using the knowledge of locals to identify the people and homes they should be the most worried about. "And just the loss of some of those agricultural properties — there's a lot of grapevines totally ripped out of the ground — and loss of people's income, and jobs, and livelihoods. "They're highly trained specialists … "There's an awful lot of mud and debris, there's also a lot of timber that has washed out of the mountains.

Defence Minister Andrew Little has ruled out invoking a provision in the Defence Act to allow the military to take on a policing role to help maintain law ...

Monday’s initial tranche of economic support is for businesses and people to contend with the immediate issues. There is a massive amount of work required over the next weeks and years.” There was no update on the 10 people who police held grave fears for. Hipkins’ dismissal came after National’s justice spokesman Paul Goldsmith and police spokesman Mark Mitchell proposed doubling the sentences of those convicted of theft or burglary in an area that is under a state of emergency. “Many events have been investigated by police and it turned out to be nothing. Before the Army get deployed for that sort of role, the police have to communicate that they cannot manage the situation. Finance Minister Grant Robertson will be the new Cyclone Recovery Minister. Police have been monitoring queues for food, fuel and cash since Cyclone Gabrielle hit. That’s not to say people are not feeling anxious. “Transport links are essential.” Wise said crime was potentially being underreported due to widespread communications issues. ”The Defence Act is very clear.

Regions hardest hit by Cyclone Gabrielle are in for more rain this weekend - and MetService urges people to watch coming forecasts, with heavy falls possib.

Before the Army get deployed for that sort of role, the police have to communicate that they cannot manage the situation. They’re nowhere near that situation, so the military won’t be used for that purpose,” Little said. So it’s not something that happens very often.” Don’t panic, we are aware of this,” he said. “It is a very high threshold for the military to be deployed for police use. The different models which predicted the rain for either Friday or Saturday were “not agreeing very well” which added to the uncertainty, Bakker said.

Jo Cox believed her daughter and grandchildren were dead when they lost contact after the Tūtaekurī River enveloped their home, with the family huddled on ...

"Cyclone Gabrielle was an unprecedented and catastrophic event. My heart goes out and I'm just pleased they're safe," he told Morning Report. Our firefighters did an amazing job in the circumstances. Puketapu completely cut off by road but all in th School Hall with mattresses and clothes being dried by locals & fed by the Puketapu Pub despite it being underwater itself. "And so we tried to get a hold of Civil Defence. It was a private, not a Civil Defence chopper, she added. "My three-and-a-half year old is quite upset," the daughter said. "Kind of watching our cows swim out down the driveway. "The last call I had from her was ... The online advice, that it was not necessary to evacuate, looked shaky in the pitch dark. "When I looked outside it was already shin-height. They were down to bare concrete floors already.