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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3 d. ago Teens among six still missing after landslide at popular campsite in New Zealand

Police say no sign of life under rubble as recovery operations continue through night

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3 d. ago New Zealand landslide: Six, including two teenagers, missing after tourist hotspot tragedy

Six people, including two teenagers remain missing after a massive landslide has destroyed part of an iconic campground in New Zealand due to severe heavy rainfall

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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 dead and nine 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 sayEmergency crews were searching for victims of landslides on New Zealand’s North Island that tore through a house and a busy campground, leaving at least two dead.Police reported that as many as nine people may be missing in the landslides, which hit on Thursday, including children. 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 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 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 At least two dead in New Zealand landslides as video shows moment caravans are smashed at popular campsite where multiple children are missing

Two people were left dead in a separate slide, which hit a house in the community of Welcome Bay, also on New Zealand's North Island at 4.50am.

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4 d. ago Multiple children missing as landslide destroys popular New Zealand campsite: Video shows moment caravans are smashed as witnesses tell of piercing screams for help... then silence

Two people were left dead in a separate slide, which hit a house in the community of Welcome Bay, also on New Zealand's North Island at 4.50am.

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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 Good Morning Britain's Richard Madeley reports 'very difficult' breaking news at start of show

Good Morning Britain presenters Richard Madeley and Susanna Reid delivered breaking news this morning about a devastating New Zealand landslide with multiple people missing

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4 d. ago Two bodies recovered in New Zealand landslide in desperate search for missing children

Two bodies have been found after heavy rainfall is causing tragedies in New Zealand as the search continues for missing people, including children, according to reports in local media

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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 Desperate search for missing children after terrifying landslide rips through campsite burying tourists in New Zealand

RESCUE teams are desperately searching for missing children after a horror landslide tore through a tourist campsite in New Zealand. Officials fear there are no signs of life at the camp with no one recovered from beneath the tons of mud, fallen trees and rubble as of this morning. A powerful landslide crashed into the...

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4 d. ago New Zealand landslide: Children among missing after devastating tourist spot disaster

A massive landslide has destroyed part of an iconic campground in New Zealand, leaving several people missing

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4 d. ago New Zealand storms: people missing after landslide hits campsite as minister compares east coast to ‘war zone’

Record-breaking rains spark landslide at Mount Maunganui campsite, with helicopter teams retrieving families from rooftops and local states of emergency declaredEmergency services in New Zealand are searching for several people, including a child, believed missing after a landslide hit a campsite during storms that have caused widespread damage across the North Island.Emergency minister Mark Mitchell told RNZ that parts of the east coast looked like “a war zone”, with helicopters deployed to rescue families sheltering on rooftops from flooding, and local states of emergency declared in five regions across Northland and the East Cape due to days of record-breaking torrential rain. Continue reading...

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