A landslide at Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park on New Zealand’s North Island has left severe destruction and children missing, amid deadly storms, flooding and power outages across multiple regions.
By Chrispho OwuorResidents and leaders said the only lasting way to prevent similar disasters is to move families living along the escarpments to safer land. They told the gathering that many households had been forced into risky areas after fleeing bandit attacks and livestock theft over the years.
By Ann NyamburaA special military police unit, supported by three trained sniffer dogs, has been deployed to bolster ongoing operations in the affected areas.
By Bradley BosireAntoine Gérard, the UN's deputy humanitarian co-ordinator for Sudan, said that it was hard to assess the scale of the incident or the exact death toll as the area was very hard to reach.
By Maureen Kinyanjui