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New Zealand: Several People, Including a Child, Missing After Landslide Hits Campsite
- A landslip on Thursday morning at Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park struck around 9.30am when hundreds of families were present, leaving several people unaccounted for, New Zealand Police said.
- Heavy rain earlier in the week left virtually all of the Coromandel peninsula with over 200mm and the Bay of Islands with over 150mm, while MetService issued rare red warnings.
- Facing a still-moving slope, search and rescue crews and helicopters planned to de-layer rubble in a complex, high-risk operation after bystanders reported initial signs of life, but none recently.
- Officials evacuated Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park as thousands lost power and NZTA reported road closures, leaving some small communities cut off and complicating rescue efforts.
- This week's red warning marks the first rain-related alert since Cyclone Gabrielle in early 2023, MetService has lifted North Island warnings and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is actively monitoring the incident.
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Several unaccounted for after landslide at New Zealand campground
Rescue teams are searching for missing people after major landslides struck coastal communities on New Zealand’s North Island, damaging a popular holiday park and nearby homes amid record rainfall. The largest landslide hit Thursday morning at about 9:30 a.m. local time at the base of Mount Maunganui, a coastal tourist area in the city of Tauranga on New Zealand’s North Island, according to police. “It’s been a challenging and difficult 24 hours…
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Several people are missing after a landslide hit a campsite in New Zealand on Thursday morning, local time.
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