Damage to power poles and lines in Ruawai is extensive, as seen in this photo taken at a dairy farm on Smith Canal Rd off State Highway 12 in Ruawai. Photo / Northpower Northland...

Cyclone Gabrielle has slammed the North Island causing destruction around the region leaving one firefighter missing, and residents in Kumeū inundated again. Video / NZ Herald Northlanders’ fears that road closures will cut off...

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Wairoa in northern Hawke’s Bay after the Wairoa River burst its banks. Photo: Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management Group Cyclone Gabrielle has severely impacted electricity supply and communications in parts of the North...

Ruawai College, pictured here, is a small snippet of Cyclone Gabrielles damage across Northland kura. Photo / Kaipara District Council Schools across Tai Tokerau have opted to close again for Wednesday as fears for...

Mike Procter. Photo: Soumya Bhamidipati / RNZ Cyclone Gabrielle may have bypassed most of Northland, but its outer reaches are still leaving a wake of destruction. The region is still feeling the force of...

Three rooms in Whangarei hospital’s emergency department are still closed due to a leaky ceiling. Photo / supplied Work to fix three rooms in Whangārei Hospital’s emergency department that started leaking due to the...

Schools across the motu are deciding whether to open as communities struggle to get back on their feet in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle. Pat Newman​, principal at Hora Hora School in Whangārei, said...