"Landslides 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."
"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 a town named after the extinct volcano. Images showed vehicles, travel trailers and an amenities block crushed by debris. Police Superintendent Tim Anderson said the number of people missing was in the single figures."
Landslides struck multiple locations on New Zealand's North Island during heavy rain, hitting a house in Welcome Bay and later a campground at the base of Mount Maunganui. Two people who escaped the house survived, while two others trapped inside were found dead. Debris crushed vehicles, travel trailers and an amenities block at Beachside Holiday Park, and several people remained missing in single digits. Search teams used dogs and helicopters to search the Mount Maunganui rubble, with no survivors or bodies recovered there by late Thursday. Authorities urged residents to follow safety advice as emergency services continued rescue and recovery efforts.
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