Two confirmed dead and more presumed buried after landslides hit house and campground in New Zealand

The first landslide hit a house in the community of Welcome Bay on New Zealand’s North Island, police say

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.