Papua New Guinea government says Friday's landslide buried 2,000 people and formally asks for help

MELBOURNE, Australia — The Papua New Guinea government said a landslide Friday buried more than 2,000 people and has formally asked for international help.In a letter seen by The Associated Press to the United Nations resident coordinator dated Sunday, the acting director of the South Pacific island nation’s National Disaster Center said the landslide “buried more than 2000 people alive” and caused “major destruction.

“The exact nature of the support that we do provide will play out over the coming days,” Marles told Australian Broadcasting Corp. Heavy rain fell for two hours overnight in the provincial capital of Wabag, 60 kilometers from the devastated village. A weather report was not immediately available from Yambali, where communications are limited.

Serhan Aktoprak, the chief of the International Organization for Migration’s mission in Papua New Guinea, said water was seeping between the debris and the earth below, increasing the risk of a further landslide.“What really worries me personally very much is the weather, weather, weather,” Aktoprak said. “Because the land is still sliding. Rocks are falling,” he added.

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