Landslides hit a house and a campground in New Zealand on Thursday, leaving at least two dead while emergency crews tried to rescue others buried in the rubble, officials said.
Landslides hit a house and a campground in New Zealand on Thursday, leaving at least two dead while emergency crews tried to rescue others buried in the rubble, officials said. The first landslide hit a house in the community of Welcome Bay, on New Zealand’s North Island, at 4:50am, police said, per the AP. Two people escaped the house, and the bodies of two who were trapped inside were recovered hours later, according to Emergency Management Minister Mark Mitchell. Later the same morning, emergency services were called to a second slide at the base of nearby Mount Maunganui. The rubble hit Beachside Holiday Park, in the town named after the extinct volcano.
