Unbelievable scenes of destruction from Cyclone Gabrielle

Footage taken in Eskdale, Esk Valley. A huge wall of water quickly rose and swamped the area, leaving behind a thick layer of mud and damage everywhere.

[@nqahuiiaa]

The guy at 2:17 His name is Harley Benton. An ex officer in the RNZN. He was my tutor when I was studying to be and Electrical Engineer. One day he told our class that if Napier was ever to flood in the Waiohik area, the power station at 1:12 would completely go out of action. Which would lead to the loss of most of the Hawkes Bay regions power system. He was 100% right. That power station was completely submerged during the floods which is why we haven’t had power in Napier for the last few days. It isn’t a big job diverting an entire regions power supply. Stay safe out there Whānau. 💔😭

[@jaybeanysan8465]

Same bro I thought he looked familiar

[@rebeccabriggs2982]

Unbelievable that there was no remedy before the fact.

[@ianwilkinson3425]

i worked on the diesel generators built in whirinaki back about late 2004 ish. That is Napiers back up. Has enough diesel on site to run Napier for about week . That was disabled by the esk river blowing out completely. So yes ,Napier does have a back up ,but due to all rivers flooding , Napiers back up was disabled too . Very very sad

[@henryairconcepts2999]

It’s not easy to convince politicians to spend money on something that is not broken or hasn’t been proven wrong. So without this flood, they would never learn

[@graemetodd3983]

Our son is married to Harley's daughter. A massive massive thank you to the truck driver & person/persons with with boat whom assisted Harley & Hilda along with the other folk they assisted & rescued❤💯

[@markfryer9880]

What a stinking damn mess! Where do you start with the clean up and where do you dispose of the mess? Find the missing people first, if at all possible. Then clear the roads to get things in and out. Next start clearing and cleaning out the houses so people have some shelter when the weather changes. Chins up, Kiwis, your Aussie cousins are thinking of you in your time of need. Mark from Melbourne Australia

[@milkismurder]

Sobering footage, thank you for letting the ambient sound carry the tragic tranquility of the aftermath

[@rickh3714]

The cicadas may want credit for music copyright. First thing I heard when the wind and rain stopped was Cicadas. They were loud as heck too during the Kermadec/ East Coast ' tsunami ' evacuation in 2021, when we ran (or drove) to the hills.

[@Youcanttouchmyhandle]

Thank you for the update💐 Sending so much 💖 to you all from Australia

[@aaroncarter8845]

Thank you for the work you did shooting this, the composition that you chose in each frame packs in a lot of context. I'm glad this footage is part of the archive as it's high quality, well shot and varied.

[@samanthacook2495]

Wow. Never even heard of the Esk Valley before Cyclone Gabrielle but it's easy to tell it was a beautiful and prosperous area populated with hard working Hawkes Bay people serving communities near and far with their crops and produce. Right around harvest time too. Utterly tragic.

[@Jandeana]

The Esk valley always a beautiful area .. lush grape vines and other crops . Always lived driving through there , the quaint wee church , beautiful trees 🌳 gods country I always use to think , when I lived in Hawkes bay , and New Zealand 🇳🇿 left in 1992 live Australia 🇦🇺 I missed all the beautiful trees and softness of the countryside. So many good genuine people who

[@jaybeanysan8465]

That power station at 1:13 was completely under water during the cyclone. And was half buried in mud and silt afterwards. That going down is the reason most of us in Hawkes bay haven’t had power for six days so far 😢

[@normgilmore4422]

That sub station is the small one off Eskdale Rd (from memory). The one causing the biggest headache is the major Redclyffe sub station just past the EIT in Taradale on the way to the Council rubbish transfer station.

[@M.P.C.S]

I'm in hawkes bay with power and internet.

[@kiamau]

It's also the reason alot of people weren't electrocuted

[@rebeccabriggs2982]

Where is the location of that? I know some of these areas are known flood zones so I'm hoping they weren't foolish enough to build that in one!

[@kermets]

Best video footage of the area so far......stay safe.....

[@barryrahn5957]

From the evident ferocity of the floodwaters, I'm amazed that so many of the houses are still standing. They build houses very strong in New Zealand.

[@johnmead8437]

Earthquake and wind resistant, particularly the timber ones. Usually older generation, which withstood the earthquakes generally better than some more modern materials. But such construction cannot withstand fire and floods when someone has chosen to build in a serious risk area. Some tourist/holiday locations, as well as urban sprawl are disasters waiting to happen. Being next door to Australia and their fire destruction record of housing etc shows how little has been learned when the housing location is analysed for fire/flood risk. If you are going to build in historic river channels, erosion prone locations and combustible fuel the risks are extreme.

[@eugenelombard960]

Wow! This is far worse than I thought. Stay strong and will be praying for all of you during the coming days and weeks.

[@barra245t2]

Food crops devastated.thousands of people missing death toll rising.billions of dollars of damages to infrastructure.billions lost because there's no fruit and veg to export.we are fucked not looking good,probably heading for a recession

[@johnmead8437]

@@barra245t2 Some very serious forward thinking needed, with the quality & squabbling and rigid narrow attitudes of most leaders (they reflect the wider population) being obstructive and lacking vision past short term self interest. Already the rubbish is being touted. For NZ to get more self reliant and sustainable hard facts need addressing. And immigration isn't one part of the solutions, NZ is small enough as it is.

[@barra245t2]

@@johnmead8437 haha the wider population.they definatly have thier thoughts suggested for them.its easy to see what the extra million people imported in the past 10 years has done to the current housing situation.

[@robdykes3659]

It,s worse even more when you live like l do and see it first hand

[@adamf894]

People chiming in trying to blame this and that, it doesn’t help, no one is to blame and you’re not making anyone feel better trying to pass it on. This is, in all sense of the word, a disaster. This is my home town, I have friends and family affected by this tragedy and we need positivity and help. Not, it’s their fault, or this is the reason. You want to blame industry, fine, be poor and not be able to afford to clean this up then, and don’t put your hand out to that Industry and ask for help either.

[@tinalouise1764]

The govt controlling the weather is to blame.

[@tinalouise1764]

Why is our weather so messed up? Weather Modification Patents. Weather Modification Patents (Not Conspiracy Theory. They’re all real.) YEAR - PATENT NUMBER - PATENT NAME 1891 - US462795A - method of producing rain-fall 1914 - US1103490A - rain maker (balloon images) 1917 - US1225521A - protection from poisonous gas in warfare 1920 - US1338343A - process and apparatus for the production of intense artificial clouds, fogs, or mists 1924 - US1512783A - composition for dispelling fogs 1927 - US1619183A - process of producing smoke clouds from moving aircraft 1928 - US1665267A - process of producting artificial fogs 1932 - US1892132A - atomizing attachment for airplane engine exhausts 1933 - US1928963A - electrical system and method (for spraying chemtrails) 1934 - US1957075A - airplane spray equipment 1936 - US2045865A - skywriting apparatus 1936 - US2052626A - method of dispelling fog (mit) 1937 - US2068987A - process of dissipating fog 1939 - US2160900A - method for vapor clearing 1941 - US2232728A - method and composition for dispelling vapors 1941 - US2257360A - desensitized pentaerythritol tetranitrate explosive 1946 - US2395827A - airplane spray unit (us. dept. of agriculture) 1946 - US2409201A - smoke-producing mixture 1949 - US2476171A - smoke screen generator 1949 - US2480967A - aerial discharge device 1950 - US2527230A - method of crystal formation and precipitation 1951 - US2550324A - process for controlling weather 1951 - US2570867A - method of crystal formation and precipitation (general electric) 1952 - US2582678A - material disseminating apparatus for aeroplanes 1952 - US2591988A - production of tio2 pigments (DuPont) 1952 - US2614083A - metal chloride screening smoke mixture 1953 - US2633455A - smoke generator 1954 - US2688069A - steam generator 1955 - US2721495A - method and apparatus for detecting minute crystal forming particles suspended in a gaseous atmosphere (general electric) 1956 - US2730402A - controllable dispersal device 1957 - US2801322A - decomposition chamber for monopropellant fuel 1958 - US2835530A - process for the condensation of atmospheric humidity and dissolution of fog 1959 - US2881335A - generation of electrical fields (haarp - for re-charging clouds!) 1959 - US2903188A - control of tropical cyclone formation 1959 - US2908442A - method for dispersing natural atmospheric fogs and clouds 1960 - US2962450A - fog dispelling composition (see references) 1960 - US2963975A - cloud seeding carbon dioxide bullet 1961 - US2986360A - aerial insecticide dusting device 1962 - US3044911A - propellant system 1962 - US3056556A - method of artificially influencing the weather 1964 - US3120459A - composite incendiary powder containing metal coated oxidizing salts 1964 - US3126155A - silver iodide cloud seeding generator (main commercial ingredient) 1964 - US3127107A - generation of ice-nucleating crystals 1964 - US3131131A - electrostatic mixing in microbial conversions 1965 - US3174150A - self-focusing antenna system (haarp) 1966 - US3257801A - pyrotechnic composition comprising solid oxidizer, boron and aluminium additive and binder 1966 - US3234357A - electrically heated smoke producing device 1966 - US3274035A - metallic composition for production of hygroscopic smoke 1967 - US3300721A - means for communication through a layer of ionized gases (haarp) 1967 - US3313487A - cloud seeding apparatus 1967 - US3338476A - a heating device for use with aerosol containers 1968 - US3410489A - automatically adjustable airfoil spray system with pump 1969 - US3429507A - rainmaker 1969 - US3430533A - aircraft dispenser pod having self-sealing ejection tubes 1969 - US3432208A - fluidized particle dispenser (us air force) 1969 - US3437502A - titanium dioxide pigment coated with silica and aluminium (DuPont) 1969 - US3441214A - method and apparatus for seeding clouds 2001 -US20030085296A1 - Hurricane and tornado control device

[@-Free.Spirit-]

@@tinalouise1764 Thank you. We need people brave enough to get the truth out there as to what is going on.

[@ellykara1]

​​@@tinalouise1764 The government controlling the weather? Are you mad? If man could control the weather we would not get these weather events! This cyclone alone is costing our country tens of billions of dollars, it will cost us all in increased insurance premiums (including the people in government). You are incredibly naive, incredibly susceptible to cranks pushing ridiculous conspiracy theories and you are incredibly insensitive to the families who have lost loved ones, their homes and their livelihood in this cyclone. I'm guessing you are a fairly self-centred, immature Harry Potter fan of around 14 years of age who thinks that people can wave a magic wand and change the world, if not, then you need serious psychological help.

[@sunsetlights100]

​​@@tinalouise1764 right on 👍 it's is possible imo steering it maybe

[@leigholding1397]

Sorry for your loss 😔

[@duckducks649]

Thanks for the footage

[@tsunamis82]

The C sprayed on cars and houses means they have been checked and are clear. No deceased persons found. I would hate that job.

[@flygulfstreamg650]

Our heart ♥ and prayers are with the New Zealand people

[@mikehadley8332]

The forestry industry will have a lot to answer for after this.

[@briansymmes7917]

No chance, they didn’t have to answer after the Nelson floods when all the slash came down. The councils own a lot of the forestry blocks, so there won’t be any talk of an enquiry. The forestry industry bank the profits, and leave the public to deal with the wilding pines and environmental damage, that’s what you get when your government answers to big business before the taxpayers.

[@ReptileAssylum]

Kiwis have destroyed the once beautiful little country. Every system is failing due to narcissistic greed

[@tsunamis82]

Hope they get charged with the destroyed bridges and the massive clean up of all this slash. Beaches need doing as floating logs can cause considerably destruction to boats.

[@ApotheNZ]

Blame Climate Activists and their brainless kin, they're the ones going around paying people millions to mass plant these shitty pine trees

[@tsunamis82]

@@ApotheNZ I think they are promoting natives, not pine trees.

[@colinfox6961]

Been helping in Pakowhai Road, between Napier and Hastings yesterday, I couldn't believe the damage inside to a friend's house, and outbuildings, in fact everything. water and fine silt to above ceiling height, about 10 ft above ground.. Everything looks like it has been in a super spin cycle, incredible the force of the water. Am amazed people survived.

[@janec1242]

Your poor friends. And it all came super fast like a Tsunami (without the earthquake warning) in the middle of the night. Terrifying ! Crazy crazy …. Who could ever have believed NZ would get such a devastating destructive land Tsunami from the mountains not the seas.

[@truculenttabasco]

Hopefully they finally rebuild all those shitty one way bridges and old roads to a modern standard. Might have been the push they needed, but I doubt it.

[@sandrasarandon5670]

This Filming is made more POWERFUL with just the SILENT IMAGE - it really makes you FOCUS on the absolute DESTRUCTION and leave you Speechless .In SILENT aghast.

[@bluebell5214]

I'm in the south island this makes me cry

[@nev357]

Unbelievable carnage. It's hard to comprehend how to clean it up and make the area future safe. Best of luck.

[@gregedwards7485]

That is just numbing, the devastation, but now the clean up and that is even harder to fathom, roads to clear before rebuilding, no bridges which is even bigger rebuild, then the rest.

[@avengernemesis7990]

Rise up New Zealand and our thoughts are with everyone. Australia

[@suehowie152]

Just heartbreaking..

[@ReptileAssylum]

Lols 😆

[@suehowie152]

@@ReptileAssylum 13?

[@howgoodisit]

I have a few friends who have moved to these areas to afford first homes and bring up family's. Every single one of them have had there houses destroyed, its so fucken sad.

[@sambriggs2159]

Gosh, terrible! Poor buggers. All those homes lost

[@thatbeerchick3511]

Where is the international help. Australia has come to the party. This is devastating 😢

[@janec1242]

They reported on the earthquake the other day, but it does not seem to have been picked up in the international media the scale of how totally destructive this cyclone has been

[@subhastheboss]

So sad to see these natural disasters. I thoughts and prayers for the nice people of NZ. I've seen a lot of hurricanes and floods while growing up in the Fiji Is but this is to another level. I moved to Canada after sitting NZ school certificate and we get lot of snow, cold and freezing ice.

[@barra245t2]

Nothing natural about it.geo engineered.read article reining in the weather warriors.US has several patents for weather manipulation tech

[@lliamjurdom9505]

It must cost a fortune to remedy that catastrophe ... it is sad to see so much loss

[@vivekiyer2203]

They're running a little over a billion dollars In remediation already. With new areas that's being found post the aftermath, there will be some intense spiking monetarily.😣

[@zephheine9681]

omg...so depressing for all the people tht have been affected

[@ofeliadefatimagross3403]

Estando en Awatoto no.podia creer lo qué pasaba , estoy en scok no lo.puedo crerer sin electricidad en un excelente refugio, pero nunca habia vívido algo así....DIOS BENDIGA A NUEVA ZELANDA LA TIERRA DE MIS NIETOS !!!!

[@robdykes3659]

Shock,is the word your looking for

[@barra245t2]

Geoengineering is a military weapon that has a US patent..read article reining in the weather warriors..rob d KZbin channel shows a bit of the manipulation going on in his forecasts.

[@lorizeimet1192]

Now we know why we find buried civilizations around the world, but we are getting better at getting out of the way and predicting these storms.

[@youlan2550]

god bless New Zealand

[@cherryharris8238]

Hard to believe that this happened in New Zealand.

[@robdykes3659]

Sad for all the families out there

[@dougtilley5977]

The power of water is unbelievable

[@stephaniescanlan2807]

This is not Mother nature! Since when does NZ have cyclones in summer? This is manipulated weather! And is heartbreaking to see. Our hearts are united in support.

[@jeanettezinsli1199]

Agreed noticed it for some time especially the way countries in Europe and the UK have had floods up to tops of cars. Even the Saudi desert is flooding.Is this natural or normal?

[@c4elan]

Cyclones mostly form in summer/autumn because they are powered by warm ocean water. It makes perfect sense, you just dont understand very basic meteorology

[@sathingtonwilloughby2347]

Expecting to read the outpouring of sympathy and instead reading purveyors of the cross and the crescent spewing token zeal in random directions. Comments soon to be disabled when the arguments start no doubt. Donate now and help our brothers and sisters who've lost everything. Spiteful indifferent personal belief commentary not really necessary or helpful.

[@nooracamilla7172]

Where ? Which city and country

[@Jandeana]

Hawkes bay New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@spadgm]

Heartbreaking, what an absolute mess!

[@reneehunt906]

This is so horrendous!!

[@pamelawy]

Absolutely heartbreaking!

[@bronwynsmith2157]

💞keep safe

[@Leo-eb1wl]

After seeing the destruction and loss of life in turkey, I would say New Zealand got off easy. Edit: obviously everything is relative, for those impacted by this storm and damage cause it must be terrible. I hope they can recover quickly.

[@featuringrageyt3103]

The biggest depopulation plan on a massive scale yeah Nz got off easy alright but Nz is only a small population

[@beckstewart8271]

It's not a competition. This is still a heavy tragedy with phenomenal destruction. Claiming that doesn't diminish the tragedy in Turkey and Syria.

[@featuringrageyt3103]

@@beckstewart8271 I already know how it happened but I can’t tell you I never said it was a competition 🤦‍♀️even the train incident in Ohio

[@Ramatx]

Sickening

[@mikebarton]

Extraordinary.

[@MrBongoagogo]

That's not the word Mike soul destroying deverstating.

[@mozdickson]

A true disaster. Sorry for the loss of life and property. That said, people had days to move vehicles and equipment to higher ground - MetService warned long and loud that HUGE rains and winds were coming. It appears some who lived in natural watercourses did not pay close enough attention. And no, you can't move your house.

[@frayden]

Do you live there? Or is this extreme rubbernecking

[@allgood6760]

Heart breaking 😔🇳🇿

[@Seawithinyou]

🙏🏼

[@CarstenSvendsen]

1:29 No wonder the tiles came off the wall when they've just been dabbed on. Surely this can't have been done by a professional. Imagine buying a property and find your tiles attached like this.

[@roddas26]

Yeah if only the tiles were installed correctly? Pretty sure they have bigger issues right now.

[@critical_always]

@@roddas26 no it's indicative of how rubbish NZ houses and general infrastructure is. It's like the Dodo, it never had any natural predators so it got lazy. Nz is the same.

[@roddas26]

@@critical_always how do you know it wasn't a "diy" job?

[@superblahman]

That... is the most irrelevant thing in this whole disaster you dunce.

[@Vexarax]

it was probably better having a house with shoddy tiles than no longer having a house, with over 10,000 people displaced, in a country that already had a massive housing shortage before this even happened :/

[@levinshome7121]

Horrifying - watery hell unleashed 😧

[@groovejet77]

I don't fancy your chances with the insurance claims.

[@funkiwikid6106]

Devastating and heartbreaking for the residents. But gotta question why ? Mountains of tree stumps, is that uprooted trees or more forestry slash ? Lots of new houses destroyed, why do councils allow houses to be built in such places ? Power station clearly built in the wrong place ! How many 100yr floods do we need before councils put infrastructure ahead of the rates grab ? And before someone works out no amount of university degrees, high viz and hard hats will stop water doing what it does naturally ?

[@premlapadiachy5392]

Definitely it can be a tsunami combined with flooding that can inflict damage of this magnitude

[@OlliesTreasures]

The Forestry industry has a lot to answer for….their rubbish made it much worse than it needed to be. About time they were made to pay.

[@ravenouspakai3282]

It's hard to believe this is our home towns hst npr.. I can believe this has happened. It's a sign from God. Less is best and love is key.

[@paxog6307]

end times its al ready written in text best read the script in revelations

[@rjac001]

God botherer

[@aprilsmith3683]

🇿🇦❤️🇳🇿

[@Wovel117]

Just how weak are our structures? This cyclone is not even strong coompre to the average strong one in asia or US which like 150km above... Gabrielle already decreases the speed to 80 when entering NZ...

[@janec1242]

Think it had a lot to do with the nearby mountains and the sheer volume of land slides, trees and water pouring down from them, picking up everything in there way creating tsunami like force

[@c4elan]

Gabrielle had pretty strong winds and rain regardless. Its peak winds in nz were 165km/h not 80... Also this is flood damage not wind damage

[@rrssmooth6643]

Yep the Govt did nothing about forestry cleaning up after themselves and look what happens. Because Govt loved the money coming in and now got shot in the foot.

[@ness5949]

Soo very sad 😞

[@bellardosilacan3432]

This is natural phenomenon ..

[@reneehunt906]

This was all predicted by Rob D on KZbin! So wicked!!

[@-Free.Spirit-]

YES, thank you. Another truther who is awake to whats really going on. YES Rob did put out a warning a day before it hit that this region should be evacuated. The lives lost of human and animals at least could have been avoided but nope, our government and so-called CDEM allowed it to happen claiming ignorance that they simply did not know. Utter Bullshit, they knew, they sent Gabrielle here. Those of us awake to whats going on, watched her being directed straight from NW Aussie to us, then hangs around for 4 days then disappears. That is NOT normal, it was set up and yes, Rob showed us and said the day before to Get the Hell out of there. Now, we have the shitkins show where he will try to look like some hared-up new PM trying to navigate the man made disaster

[@Valetdalgrup]

Forza Nuova Zelanda!!!

[@morganspencer-churchill2136]

Are you on some kind of poverty safari?

[@_permanence]

Aw stink one

[@featuringrageyt3103]

I new about this and it was going to happen back in 2022 I was talking about it to someone I know 🤣😂 now the brainwashed slaves can build back better 🤦‍♀️

[@rjac001]

Almost as much damage as the Ex prime minister, I will not give her the dignity of mentioning her name... Never Again

[@MauaoMan]

I know what you mean, Key was dreadful

[@Homemade1772]

A country and it's citizens that has been divided by the Labour government will now have to put their differences aside and work together as a whole country, for the better of their country. The treaty of Waitangi should now be scrapped for the benefit of all citizens

[@erinpaul5762]

No

[@jimmurihiku8009]

God is trying to wake you up.

[@lisahyyppa3360]

Watching and Waiting upon our LORD Jesus Christ (Titus 2:10-14) as He is my ONLY joy, strength and hope

[@jimmurihiku8009]

@@lisahyyppa3360 amen🙏

[@NZSUBZERO]

By absolutely decimating a huge part of populated country and killing people??? Your an idiot mate

[@mareetorrumbarry5155]

Not a merciful god then....

[@AR_FAQIR]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gH3QZJJ-Z9J3a5o channel your help to his brothers who were affected by calamities and disasters. the prophet isa as has asked his christians to give alms to everyone affected by calamities and calamities. there is no god but Allah and the prophet Isa is a prophet and messenger of Allah to his people

[@alainestall]

Bible prophecy is fulfilling. It is going to get worse for everyone world wide. These are the beginning of sorrows.

[@shamshudashamshuda6258]

It's not any type of cyclone,it's pat on our backs by ALLAAH,for we are most loving people, caring people,just people, believers in God and his last messenger MUHAMMAD sallalahualayhiwasallam, Also we rich peoples.take care of poor, that's why this is a gift from God So ,better accept Islam noW before neveR Don't question God why should we help poor it's a way of testing by God so we cannot question God today HE will test the wealth by you, tomorrow by us,so solely ALLAAH'S sovereignity 😭🤲

[@beckstewart8271]

No, pretty sure it was a fucking cyclone.

[@tsunamis82]

Do you mean that if everyone did as you suggest then global warming would no longer exist? I do hope you walk everywhere to do your bit.

[@paton57]

@@beckstewart8271 You're totally correct

[@russellturner1909]

Have a bacon sandwich.

[@rjac001]

@@russellturner1909 with some fecal sauce

[@torqingheads]

Do not donate to charities that have a Maori name

[@kiwitraveller6451]

🥲🥲❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏

[@plad3428]

Lol sik