Mark Mitchell: Emergency Management Minister on Cyclone Vaianu
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Emergency Management Minister, Mark Mitchell, says Cyclone Vaianu could've been much worse - and Kiwis prepared well.
Gisborne and some other East Coast communities are still cut off with sections of State Highways 2 and 35 closed, due to fallen trees, flooding and slips.
The last of MetService's strong wind warnings and watches for Wairarapa and the Tararua District are set to ease at 7 this morning.
Mark Mitchell told Ryan Bridge several thousand houses were evacuated across the North Island.
He says some of them have flooded, but a lot were precautionary evacuations - which was the right thing to do.
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