Papua New Guinea's government estimates 2,000 people may have been buried in a 600 metre-long (2,000 feet) mountain of soil and boulders that engulfed a remote community in Enga province.
Papua New Guinea's government estimates 2,000 people may have been buried in a 600 metre-long mountain of soil and boulders that engulfed a remote community in Enga province.An internal report by Papua New Guinea's mining and geohazards department warned there was a "high likelihood of further landslides" at the site "in the immediate future". / Photo: Reuters
Aku — one of the leading military officers overseeing the site — declared the highland disaster area a"no-go zone".Papua New Guinea's government estimates 2,000 people may have been buried in a 600 metre-long mountain of soil and boulders that engulfed a remote community in Enga province. Papua New Guinea is one of the world's most disaster-prone regions and landslides are extremely common in its highlands.
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