New Zealand Declares National Emergency as Cyclone Gabrielle Wreaks Havoc

New Zealand Declares National Emergency as Cyclone Gabrielle Wreaks Havoc
High tides are rising due to Cyclone Gabrielle in Arkles Bay, Auckland, New Zealand, on Feb. 13, 2023. John Longson/Twitter @JohnLongson/via Reuters
Rebecca Zhu
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New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins declared that Cyclone Gabrielle was the “most significant weather event” seen this century as hundreds of thousands of people remain without power in the country.

“The severity and the breadth of the damage that we are seeing have not been experienced in a generation,” he said in a cyclone update from Wellington on Feb. 14.
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