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The Latest Breaking News from Papua New Guinea

UN warns of ‘significant’ disease risk after Papua New Guinea landslide

The UN’s migration agency says displaced residents urgently need clean water, purification tablets and food supplies.

Al Jazeera

Papua New Guinea Authorities Race To Relocate Landslide Survivors

Emergency responders in Papua New Guinea face challenges relocating survivors after a devastating landslide. Search for safer ground, limited evacuation ca...

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Papua New Guinea PM blames extraordinary rainfall for deadly landslide

James Marape says the estimated death toll is more than 2,000 people, as rescue efforts in Enga province continue

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Authorities in Papua New Guinea search for safer ground for thousands of landslide survivors

Authorities in Papua New Guinea are searching for safer ground to relocate thousands of survivors at risk from a potential second landslide in the country's highlands, while the arrival of heavy earth-moving equipment at the disaster site where hundreds are buried has been delayed

The Independent UK

Is Australia doing enough to respond to Papua New Guinea’s catastrophic landslide?

The total number of people killed in the landslide in Papua New Guinea’s remote and mountainous Enga Province will probably never be known. Shortly after the entire hillside collapsed on Friday, it was speculated around 150 men, women and children had lost their lives. Such a death toll is tragic…

The Conversation

Catherine McKinnon’s panoramic new novel presents a gritty view of war’s complexities

Catherine McKinnon graduated from Flinders University Drama Centre, South Australia, and was a founding member of the Red Shed Theatre Company, where she worked as writer and director.

The Conversation

Aid Reaches Papua New Guinea Landslide Site

Supplies of food and medicine were beginning to arrive at the scene of a deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea Wednesday, with aid workers discovering children rendered mute by the shock of the disaster.

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Casualty confusion after PNG landslide as aid arrives

Estimated casualties from a deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea have ranged from in the hundreds to in the thousands as recovery missions continue.

AAP

Papua New Guinea: Warning of fresh landslide and disease at disaster site amid desperate search for survivors

Authorities warn thousands need to be evacuated as villagers dig with their bare hands through muddy debris in search for loved ones

Evening Standard

Papua New Guinea Faces Looming Landslide And Disease Outbreak

Papua New Guinea faces a monumental humanitarian crisis after a devastating landslide in Yambali village, requiring swift international aid and expert assi...

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Massive Landslide In Papua New Guinea Buries Over 2000 People

Massive landslide in Papua New Guinea leads to evacuation of thousands, with over 2,000 feared buried. Recovery efforts hampered by ongoing instability.

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Papua New Guinea evacuating landslide villages as hopes for survivors fade

Rocks are still falling as search continues in Enga province for an estimated 2,000 people buried by a mountain.

Al Jazeera

Replanting trees can help prevent devastating landslides like the one in PNG – but it’s not a silver bullet

More than 2,000 people are now feared dead after a huge landslide buried a village in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, Australia’s nearest neighbour. Rescue efforts are being stymied by the fact the land is still sliding and moving. The disaster has cut the main road into the mountainous…

The Conversation

Papua New Guinea orders thousands to evacuate amid second landslide fears

Thousands of residents were ordered to evacuate from the path of a still-active landslide in Papua New Guinea by the government on Tuesday, after parts of a mountain collapsed, burying an initial estimate of more than 2,000 people.

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The Guardian - AU

Papua New Guinea: satellite images reveal scale of landslide as thousands more told to evacuate

Local official says disaster area is ‘very unstable’ and that further evacuations are needed, even as rescuers battle to reach remote part of Enga province

The Conversation

What causes landslides? Can we predict them to save lives?

A devastating landslide struck several remote villages in the mountainous Enga province in Papua New Guinea late last week.

The Independent UK

Fears rise a second landslide and disease outbreak loom at site of Papua New Guinea disaster

Authorities fear a second landslide and a disease outbreak are looming at the scene of Papua New Guinea’s mass-casualty disaster

AAP

Australia stands alongside PNG after landslide: PM

Australia is ready to provide further aid to Papua New Guinea following a landslide that buried more than 2000 people, the prime minister says.

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Papua New Guinea Seeks International Aid After Landslide

Devastating landslide in Papua New Guinea's Enga province leaves over 2,000 feared buried alive, posing challenges for rescue operations and requiring coor...

Dynamite News

Around 2000 people feared buried in Papua New Guinea landslide

Around 2000 people are feared to have been buried by the massive landslide that hit Papua New Guinea, citing the country's National Disaster Centre. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

At least 2,000 feared dead in Papua New Guinea landslide. These are some challenges rescuers face

The Papua New Guinea government said more than 2,000 people are believed to have been buried alive in a landslide in the South Pacific island nation

The Independent UK

Papua New Guinea says 2,000 people buried alive in landslide as hope fades for survivors

UN officials say chances are ‘very slim that anyone can be taken out alive’ in Papua New Guinea’s Yambali

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Devastating Landslide In Papua New Guinea: Over 2,000 Feared Dead

Devastating landslide in Papua New Guinea claims over 2,000 lives, prompting urgent international aid and coordinated relief efforts.

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Massive Landslide In Papua New Guinea: Death Toll Rises

Devastating landslide in Papua New Guinea claims hundreds of lives, with ongoing rescue efforts and aid provided by World Vision and authorities.

Al Jazeera

‘A miracle’: Couple survives Papua New Guinea landslide that ‘buried 2,000’

Two found alive as overnight rains raise fears tonnes of rubble covering the area could become dangerously unstable.

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