Hawkes Bay Flooding

I lost my home in the cyclone, now I panic when it rains

“When it rains heavily I’m always alert."

Touring a destroyed Gisborne home

The surrounding area is completely submerged under mud and silt.

In Photos: The town of Eskdale after Cyclone Gabrielle

Flash flooding in the small town north of Napier took the life of two-year-old Ivy Collins.

'It's all a write-off': Cyclone Gabrielle's damage in Hawke's Bay

“We knew it was coming and to be ready, but no one knew how bad it was going to be here.”

Cyclone Gabrielle in photos: ‘Damage not seen in a generation’

The storm is moving out to sea but not before belting parts of the North Island.