Residents from a village in Papua New Guinea that has been left devastated by a landslide last Friday have appealed for aid. The United Nations has estimated that 670 villagers were killed in the disaster and over 1,000 displaced. A mass of boulders, earth and splintered trees devastated Yamba...
The landslide also buried a 200-meter (650-foot) stretch of the province’s main highway under debris 6 to 8 meters (20 to 26 feet) deep, creating a major obstacle for relief workers. Mana said the landslide would have a major economic impact on the entire country. An excavator donated...
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: PAPUA NEW GUINEAN LANDSLIDE SURVIVORS WAIT IN VAIN FOR JUSTICECatherine Wilson
UNITED NATIONS, May 27 (Xinhua) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is saddened by the catastrophic landslide in Papua New Guinea that has claimed hundreds of lives, his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Sunday. "The secretary-general is deeply saddened by the reported loss of hundreds of live...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea’s prime minister on Friday visited the site of a major landslide, which is estimated to have buried hundreds of villagers in the South Pacific island nation’s mountainous interior a week ago and left the gr
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At least 2,000 feared dead in Papua New Guinea landslide. These are some challenges rescuers face May 27, 2024 “If this debris mass is not stopped, if it continues moving, it can gain speed and further wipe out other communities and villages further do...