Workers dig for the missing in New Zealand landslideMOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand, Jan 23, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Emergency workers dug through deep mud in search of victims Friday after a landslide from an extinct volcano crashed into a popular campsite in northern New Zealand. Authorities say a young girl is among the missing after a chunk of Mount Maunganui ploughed into holidaymakers Thursday, smashing a shower block, camper vans and caravans. The Mount Maunganui region is a big tourist draw in summer for hikers and beach lovers. Emergency workers retrieved two bodies on Thursday from a separate landslide that ploughed into a home in the nearby harbourside city of Tauranga. At the campsite, visiting Canadian tourist Dion Siluch, 34, said he was having a massage at the now-evacuated Mount Hot Pools complex when the landslide hit.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha January 23, 2026 03:31 UTC