SYDNEY — Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape on Wednesday blamed “extraordinary rainfall” and changes to weather patterns for multiple disasters in the Pacific island nation this year, includ
ing a landslide last week that may have killed thousands. Parts of a mountain in the Maip-Mulitaka area in Enga province in Papua New Guinea’s north collapsed in the early hours of last Friday and Marape said more than 2,000 people are estimated to have died, with up to 70,000 people living in the area impacted by the disaster. “Our people in that village went to sleep for the last time, not knowing they would breathe their last breath as they were sleeping peacefully.
Australia’s High Commissioner John Feakes said in Enga that more planes carrying supplies and Australian rescue personnel and technical teams would arrive in coming days, the Papua New Guinea Post-Courier reported. The United States has pledged 2 million kina for emergency shelter and logistics support, its embassy said. Authorities have raised concerns about the outbreak of diseases amid warnings of further landslides.
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