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People have become stuck in flood waters and trapped on roofs in New Zealand amid Cyclone Gabrielle. Photograph: Kerry Marshall/Getty Images

It’s been dubbed New Zealand’s biggest weather event in a century. Cyclone Gabrielle has ravaged the North Island, causing widespread flooding, major destruction and leaving more than 200,000 people without power.

Satellite images show the vastness of the cyclone, hovering above the North Island and parts of the South Island, and we’ve compiled a photo gallery of the impact.