Two confirmed dead and more presumed buried after landslides hit house and campground in New Zealand
The Guardian – World —
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 4:50am, police said. Two people escaped the house, and the bodies of two who were trapped inside were recovered hours later, the emergency management minister, Mark Mitchell, said. Continue reading...