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Rescue efforts wind down after deadly Papua New Guinea landslide

Canberra, Australia Reuters Rescue efforts at the site of a landslide in Papua New Guinea were due to end on Thursday, two weeks after part of a mountain collapsed onto a remote village, a United Nations agency said. It remained unclear how many people died in the disaster in PNG’s Enga region, but the national […]

Rescue teams don’t expect to find survivors in Papua New Guinea landslide

Sydney, Australia Reuters Papua New Guinea ruled out finding survivors under the rubble of a massive landslide on Thursday, with the exact number of dead under almost two storeys of debris and mud still unknown but ranging from hundreds to thousands. People clear an area at the site of a landslide in Yambali village, Enga […]

“A mountain fell on them” says rescue worker at PNG landslide site

Sydney, Australia Reuters Families in Yambali village in Papua New Guinea were sleeping peacefully in their beds when a “mountain” of rubble buried them alive in a gigantic landslide, said a UN rescue worker at the disaster site and the country’s Prime Minister. For five days now those that survived have been using shovels and […]

Papua New Guinea orders thousands to evacuate from path of “active” landslide

Sydney, Australia Reuters Thousands of residents were ordered to evacuate from the path of a still-active landslide in Papua New Guinea by the government on Tuesday, after parts of a mountain collapsed, burying an initial estimate of more than 2,000 people. Relief teams in the Pacific nation have been trickling into the difficult-to-access northern Enga […]