US EditionDeadly Landslides Strike New Zealand After Record Rainfall
Rescue teams continue searching amid unstable ground after intense rainfall caused landslides at a popular campground, with single-digit missing including children, officials said.
- On Thursday, a major landslide struck Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park at about 9.30am local time, burying campervans and a shower/toilet block and leaving multiple people missing.
- Record downpours preceded the slide, with officials saying the North Island, New Zealand, saw its wettest day on record, with two-and-a-half months' rain in about 12 hours and 236 call outs to Fire and Emergency New Zealand.
- Fire and Emergency commander William Park said rescuers and bystanders initially heard voices but withdrew soon because the slip remained unstable, while urban search-and-rescue teams, helicopters, sniffer dogs, and geoscientists are deployed.
- The campsite has been evacuated and officials are processing families at the Mount Maunganui Surf Life Saving Club while Adams Ave, Tauranga remains closed.
- Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said he and Emergency Management and Recovery Minister Mark Mitchell are actively monitoring the situation as geoscientists assess slopes and Tauranga emergency services continue night operations, with officials warning full figures could take days.
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At least two people dead and several missing in landslides after...
At least two people have died and several are reported to be missing, including a young child, after landslides in New Zealand, officials said on Thursday. It comes after high winds and heavy rainfall over the past few days on the North Island, leading to multiple power outages and widespread flooding, local media reported. The first landslide hit a house in the community of Welcome Bay on New Zealand's North Island at 4.50am, police said. Two p…
The northern island, where the landslides occurred, has been subjected to heavy rains. Rescue work and evacuations of villagers continue.
Heavy rainfall had preceded the area - Among the missing is a child
After heavy rain several landslides went down. A campground and a house were captured.
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