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Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence says the focus of its cyclone response efforts remains reaching isolated rural communities today, including Wairoa.
Yesterday 12 civilian helicopter flights landed in cut-off communities with food, water, and generators, and to check on welfare.
Edaan Lennan says those efforts will continue daily, and some communities will need to be revisited and stocked up with supplies.
He says teams are also working to arrange temporary accommodation for those in evacuation centres whose homes have been destroyed.
Lennan says Fire and Emergency have been completing rapid damage assessments in hardest hit areas like Eskdale, and council assessors have also been through.
He says councils will also be working on debris and waste removal – with many transfer stations in the region either closed due to damage, or overwhelmed.
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