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 by AFP Staff Writers Wellington (AFP) July 21, 2022
High winds and multi-storey waves battered New Zealand's east coast Thursday, forcing airports and seaports to halt operations and ripping the roof off at least one building. Winds of 80 kilometres (50 miles) per hour forced all flights in and out of Wellington Airport to be cancelled, as conditions made it unsafe for baggage handlers to operate. Ferry sailings between the north and south islands were suspended as New Zealand's MetService recorded an enormous 10-metre (32 feet) wave in Wellington harbour. The wild weather ripped up roads, caused flooding and power cuts, and high winds took the roof off a cafe in Lower Hutt. About 3,000 residents were stranded in Wellington's coastal suburb of Eastbourne due to waterlogged roads. A badly damaged catamaran was seen floating in nearby Lowry Bay. (stock image only)
Indian landslide search enters third day with 25 dead Guwahati, India (AFP) July 2, 2022 The search for survivors buried under a landslide in India's northeast entered its third day Saturday with 25 bodies pulled from the rubble and nearly 40 people still missing. Security forces and disaster relief teams raced against the clock to find any more survivors trapped under the debris at a railway construction camp in Manipur state. Most of the victims were reserve soldiers from the Territorial Army who had been working on the railway project. Eighteen people have so far been pull ... read more
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