Gabrielle was a damp squib in my area, and would that other parts of the country had been so lucky.
Elaine is stuck in her home, safe enough, but with no power for coming on to three full days. And this article contains distressing and downright weird pictures because nature does strange things sometimes
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/weather-news/131252579/extraordinary-images-capture-destruction-caused-by-cyclone-gabrielle-in-esk-valley