24 h. ago New Zealand landslide: six missing named as police confirm victims are unlikely to be found alive

Victims of landslide at Mount Maunganui campsite include teenage students, a literacy coordinator and a Swedish nationalThe families and friends of six people buried in a landslide at a New Zealand holiday park last week have paid tribute to their loved ones, after they were named by officials, and police confirmed they were unlikely to be found alive.The victims include 15-year-old Pakūranga College students Sharon Maccanico and Max Furse-Kee, literacy coordinator Lisa Maclennan, 50, longtime friends Jacqualine Wheeler and Susan Knowles, both 71, and Swedish national Måns Loke Bernhardsson, 20. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago New Zealand landslide: rescue efforts called off for six people buried in disaster

Rescue efforts at Mount Maunganui site switch to recovery operation that police say could take several daysEfforts to rescue six people buried by a landslide at a New Zealand holiday park ended on Saturday, with police shifting into a recovery operation.Police Supt Tim Anderson said human remains had been uncovered on Friday night beneath the mountains of dirt and debris that crashed into a campsite in Mount Maunganui on Thursday, adding that it could take several days to locate all of the victims due to the unstable ground. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago New Zealand landslide: rescue efforts called off for at least six people buried in disaster

Rescue efforts at Mount Maunganui site switch to recovery operation that police say could take several daysEfforts to rescue at least six people buried by a landslide at a New Zealand holiday park ended on Saturday, with police shifting into a recovery operation.Police Supt Tim Anderson said human remains had been uncovered on Friday night beneath the mountains of dirt and debris that crashed into a campsite in Mount Maunganui on Thursday, adding that it could take several days to locate all of the victims due to the unstable ground. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago ‘The sound of mayhem’: witness to New Zealand landslide describes ‘almighty cracking’

Alister McHardy was going out to fish at sunrise on Thursday, when he noticed a ‘mountain of soil’ at the north end of the beach at Mount MaunganuiIt was the “almighty cracking” that they heard first, an unmistakable deep rumble before the mountain gave way, swallowing up caravans and cars as it collapsed at speed on the campsite below. Aerial images show the aftermath of the landslide that struck New Zealand’s North Island on Thursday – a massive piece of brown earth gouged out of the green slope, flattened roofs and a few trees sticking out an unnatural angles.“It was almost like the air pressure changed. It was a real powerful event,” says local Alister McHardy. “It just came down, a lot of cracking and people screaming and car alarms going off The sounds of mayhem.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Two dead and six missing after landslides hit house and campground in New Zealand

Search-and-rescue teams worked through the night at the campground, but there had been no progress in finding missing people, officials sayNew Zealand is ‘full of grief”, the prime minister has said, after landslides tore through a house and busy campground, leaving two dead and at least six victims still missing.Police said emergency crews were still searching for at least six people, including two teenagers, believed missing beneath the debris of a landslide, which struck a Mount Maunganui campsite on Thursday morning. Police were attempting to contact another three people. Families enjoying the summer school holiday were among the campers. Recreational vehicles and at least one structure were crushed, images showed. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Two confirmed dead and more presumed buried after landslides hit house and campground in New Zealand

No survivors or bodies recovered by late Thursday from the Mount Maunganui rubble in the North IslandLandslides hit a house and a campground in New Zealand on Thursday, leaving at least two dead while emergency crews were trying to rescue others buried in rubble, officials said.The first hit a house in the community of Welcome Bay on New Zealand’s North Island at 4:50 a.m., police said. Two people escaped the house, and the bodies of two who were trapped inside were recovered hours later, Emergency Management Minister Mark Mitchell said. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago New Zealand landslide latest: Several missing with ‘no sign of life’ for hours after deadly Mount Maunganui floods

Two people are dead and several are missing after landslides ravaged parts of New Zealand’s east coast on Thursday

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4 d. ago Mount Maunganui disaster: Everything you need to know as search for missing continues

The search continues as emergency services respond to severe weather-induced landslides in New Zealand

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4 d. ago Mount Maunganui landslide latest: Two dead and several missing in devastating New Zealand floods

Number of people unaccounted for is in the ‘single figures’, police say

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4 d. ago Is it safe to travel to New Zealand? Latest advice after Mount Maunganui landslides

At least two people have died and many more are still missing following torrential rain on the North Island

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4 d. ago Shocking moment landslide tears down New Zealand’s Mount Maunganui

Two landslides have torn through New Zealand, leaving at least two people dead and several missing on Thursday (22 January).

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4 d. ago Mount Maunganui landslide latest: Race to reach survivors after deadly floods hit popular campsite and homes

Number of people unaccounted for is in the ‘single figures’, police say

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4 d. ago Mount Maunganu: Children among several feared dead after landslide hits New Zealand campsite

The landslide sent rubble barrelling down on the campsite in Mount Maunganui, a popular tourist spot on the northern coast of New Zealand’s North Island

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4 d. ago Several missing after landslide rips through popular campsite in New Zealand

Landslide strikes campground at base of Mount Maunganui on Thursday morning, overturning campervans, and crushing tents

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4 d. ago Mount Maunganui landslide UPDATES: Young girl among several missing after disaster

The landslide devastated the campground, sweeping away tents and at least one campervan

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4 d. ago Mount Maunganui: Brave woman's selfless act before being buried in rubble as video shows terrifying moment landslide strikes popular campsite

A woman who warned others of a major landslide just moments before she was buried in rubble is being heralded a hero as search efforts continue.

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4 d. ago Mount Maunganui: Landslide strikes popular campsite with multiple children reported missing

Shocked campers felt violent shaking and heard harrowing screams as the landslide came down.

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4 d. ago Mount Maunganui: Horror landslide strikes popular campsite with multiple children reported missing

Shocked campers felt violent shaking and heard harrowing screams as the landslide came down.

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4 d. ago New Zealand disaster: Frantic search for missing children at Mount Maunganui after horror landslide

A landslide has destroyed parts of an iconic campground on New Zealand's North Island, with several people unaccounted for and children believed to be among those missing

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4 d. ago Mount Maunganui collapse: Children among missing in debris in New Zealand as rescuers conduct frantic search

The search is underway for missing people after screams were heard from the debris following a landslide at the iconic Mount Maunganui as the area had its wettest day on record

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