Con la baja en la intensidad de la tormenta, los equipos de rescate de Nueva Zelanda finalmente pudieron acceder el miércoles a regiones aisladas por varios días de lluvias torrenciales y ráfagas de viento.
Authorities are now starting to grapple with the full extent of damage in isolated towns where floodwaters washed away roads and cut communications. Although electricity is slowly being restored in the north of the country, authorities said more than 140,000 people still remained without power.