More heavy rain was forecast for the badly-hit eastern areas of the country, where the disaster has severed roads, collapsed houses, cut power and displaced over 10,000 people.
National police said in a statement on Thursday that a person is"believed to have died after being caught in flood water" in the Gisborne region, bringing the death toll in the Hawke's Bay area on the east coast to four.New Zealand is under a national state of emergency after Cyclone Gabrielle bore down on its northern coast on Sunday and several people are still missing in areas saturated by floodwaters.
The cyclone has faded into the Pacific, but New Zealand's MetService warned of further downpours Thursday of up to 40mm per hour in eastern areas already flooded. Military helicopters have had to winch hundreds of stranded storm survivors to safety from rooftops surrounded by rising floodwaters. Government officials estimate 10,500 people have so far been displaced by the cyclone with 9,000 made homeless in eastern regions alone.
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