Police shut down social media speculation over Cyclone Gabrielle's death toll

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Police have shut down social media speculation that the total number of deaths following Cyclone Gabrielle is higher than what is being publicly reported.

A total of 11 people have died due to the cyclone. This number is made up of eight people in Hawke's Bay, one in Gisborne and two volunteer firefighters in Auckland.

But on social media, some people in Facebook community groups and locals posting to their personal profiles claimed morgues were full in Hawke's Bay and speculated that police weren't detailing the full extent of deaths.