{"id":76120,"date":"2026-01-28T12:26:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T03:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jan\/28\/new-zealand-landslides-climate-crisis-storms"},"modified":"2026-01-28T12:26:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T03:26:35","slug":"new-zealand-could-see-more-deadly-landslides-as-climate-crisis-triggers-intense-storms-experts-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=76120","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand could see more deadly landslides as climate crisis triggers intense storms, experts warn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As it grapples with two fatal tragedies, questions emerge over how to protect the country from more landslides \u2013 its deadliest natural hazard<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand could experience an increase in landslides \u2013 its most deadly natural hazard \u2013 as global warming triggers more intense and frequent storms, experts have warned in the wake of two landslide tragedies in the North Island.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand\u2019s landscapes are scarred with the evidence of landslides \u2013 they are responsible for more than 1,800 deaths since written records began \u2013 more than earthquakes and volcanoes combined.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jan\/28\/new-zealand-landslides-climate-crisis-storms\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As it grapples with two fatal tragedies, questions emerge over how to protect the country from more landslides \u2013 its deadliest natural hazardNew Zealand could experience an increase in landslides \u2013 its most deadly natural hazard \u2013 as global warming tri&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2286,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,2331,56,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-climate-crisis","category-new-zealand","category-world-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2286"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76121,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76120\/revisions\/76121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}