Ben Green: Tairawhiti Civil Defence says they may need to do welfare checks on people if Cyclone Gabrielle hits hard

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Feb 9, 2023 · 3m

Officials say they may need to do welfare checks on people in the worst hit areas, should Cyclone Gabrielle hit hard.

Tairawhiti Civil Defence Controller Ben Green told Kate Hawkesby there could be further damage.

“We know enough to guess the different forecast models and they certainly correlate around the fact you’re going to see landfall and impact and it just comes down to varying degrees of impact.”

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