Article 731CD Two dead and six missing after landslides hit house and campground in New Zealand

Two dead and six missing after landslides hit house and campground in New Zealand

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Eva Corlett in Wellington, Josh Taylor and agencie
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Search-and-rescue teams worked through the night at the campground, but there had been no progress in finding missing people, officials say

New 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.

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