Power, water return to New Zealand cities

By Agence France-Presse

Feb 19, 2023 2:30 am

NAPIER, New Zealand: Water and electricity supplies slowly returned to cyclone-struck cities in New Zealand on Saturday as the death toll from the disaster rose to nine.

Almost a week after Cyclone 'Gabrielle' brought scouring winds and torrential rains to the country's North Island — causing landslides and widespread flooding — recovery efforts have begun in earnest.

STRUGGLE AFTER STORM New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins (left) and Ian McDonald, Hawke's Bay Civil Defense and Emergency Management Group controller, survey the damage wreaked by Cyclone ‘Gabrielle’ to the Esk Valley, north of the city of Napier, northern New Zealand on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. NEW ZEALAND HERALD PHOTO VIA AP

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