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UN estimates more than 670 killed in Papua New Guinea landslide

Residents carry their bags in the aftermath of a deadly landslide in Enga province of Papua New Guinea [Andrew Ruing/Reuters]

The International Organization for Migration has increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to more than 670.

Serhan Aktoprak, the chief of the United Nations agency’s mission in the South Pacific island nation, said on Sunday the revised death toll was based on calculations by Yambali village and Enga provincial officials that more than 150 homes had been buried by Friday’s landslide.

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