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 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 New Zealand landslide leaves two dead as desperate search launched for kids

Two separate landslides hit a house and a campground after heavy rains hit the north island

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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 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 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 Frantic search for missing children at major tourist hotspot 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 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 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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2 w. ago NHS Lanarkshire vaccination team offering flu vaccine to nursery children who missed out during previous visits

This is the first year the health board has provided the flu vaccine in nursery premises.

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2 w. ago Labour’s deputy leader joins PM in backing The Independent’s SafeCall campaign for missing children

Lucy Powell supports ‘innovative’ new service for 72,000 young people who disappear each year, as other high-profile figures hail generosity of donors after £165,000 target hit

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3 w. ago Call for universal school swimming as poorest children miss out on lifesaving lessons

MSPs to debate petition with 10,000 signatures calling for financial relief to keep pools open

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3 w. ago Indonesian rescuers find a second body as search for Spanish soccer coach and 2 children extended

Indonesian rescuers have recovered a second body in the ongoing search for a Spanish soccer coach and two of his children who went missing after a tour boat sank during their Christmas holiday

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3 w. ago Faces of the missing: Families plead for information about missing loved ones, many of them children, following Swiss nightclub blaze that left 47 dead

New Year's Eve celebrations turned into a nightmare when Le Constellation bar in the ski resort town of Crans-Montana went up in flames,

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3 w. ago Heartbreak as parents scour Swiss ski resort searching for missing children after fire

Dozens of people have already been confirmed dead following the fire at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana resort, best known as an international ski and golf venue, in Switzerland

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3 w. ago Parents are desperately searching for children after Swiss ski resort inferno as hundreds gather for heartbreaking vigil

DISTRAUGHT families are desperately searching for their children who are still missing after a deadly blaze ripped through a Swiss ski resort nightclub. Authorities have confirmed teenagers are among the 47 dead and 115 injured after the horror blaze erupted at a packed tourist bar in Crans-Montana, Valais. It's thought more than 200 young people celebrating...

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4 w. ago Indonesian rescuers find a body while searching for Spanish soccer coach and 3 children

Indonesian rescuers say they have recovered the body of a female victim believed to be part of the family of a Spanish soccer coach and his three children, missing after a tour boat sank Friday

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