New Zealand cyclone missing now in single digits in Hawke's Bay -search and rescue

FILE PHOTO: A general view of a damaged bridge after a small creek bursts its bank causing houses to flood in Havelock North, New Zealand. February 18, 2023. New Zealand Defence Force/Handout via REUTERS

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The number of people missing in New Zealand's Hawke's Bay following Cyclone Gabrielle is now in single figures, search and rescue officials said on Thursday, 10 days after the worst storm to hit the country in decades.

Gabrielle killed at least 11 people and caused widespread damage across the North Island, hitting the farming, wine and fruit region of Hawke's Bay on the east coast particularly hard.