New Zealand declared a national state of emergency for only the third time in its history on Tuesday after a potent cyclone flooded parts of the country, knocking out power to nearly a quarter million residents, stranding people on rooftops and sweeping at least one sailor out to sea.The cyclone, Gabrielle, battered most of the North Island, the northern part of the country, which includes its most populous city, Auckland, according to the National Emergency Management Agency.
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