Location hinders relief after Papua New Guinea landslide

Unstable terrain, remote locations and damaged roads are hampering relief efforts in Papua New Guinea after more than 670 people were feared killed in a landslide last week in the Pacific nation's north, the United Nations said.

Social media footage posted by villagers and local media teams showed people scaling rocks, digging with shovels, sticks and their bare hands to find survivors. Women could be heard weeping in the background. Johnson and Jacklyn Yandam told local NBC News that they were very grateful and described their rescue as a miracle.

"The houses are buried under around eight metres of dirt. So, there is quite a lot of debris to get through," aid group CARE International PNG country director Justine McMahon told ABC television. About 4,000 people were living near the affected area, she said.Water continued to flow under the debris, the UN migration agency said, making it extremely dangerous for residents and the rescue team to clear debris.

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