A major landslide has hit a remote village in northern Papua New Guinea, Australian public broadcaster ABC reported on Friday, with many people feared dead.
The landslide hit the village of Kaokalam in Enga province, about 600 kilometers northwest of the capital Port Moresby, ABC said. Authorities have yet to announce the current death toll but the extent of the damage is still being assessed, with bodies being recovered. Enga provincial governor Peter Ipatas told news agency AFP that the landslide caused “loss of life” and damaged property.
CNN has reached out to local authorities, including Ipatas, as well as the national police and the country’s disaster management agency. Papua New Guinea, a Pacific island nation home to around 10 million people, is rich in resources, but its economic growth has long trailed that of its neighbors and it has one of the highest crime rates in the world. Violence in the country remains widespread.
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