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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 · May 28, 2024

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.

France 24 · May 28, 2024

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 Guardian - AU · May 28, 2024

‘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.

Al Jazeera · May 27, 2024

Papua New Guinea Reports More Than 2,000 People Buried In Landslide

More than 2,000 people have been buried in a Papua New Guinea landslide that destroyed a remote highland village, the government warned Monday as it called for international help in the rescue effort.

International Business Times · May 27, 2024

More than 2,000 people buried in Papua New Guinea landslide

More than 2,000 people were buried by a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, the national disaster centre said on Monday, as the government officially asked for international help to reach communities trapped in remote villages where rescue efforts have been hampered by treacherous conditions.

France 24 · May 27, 2024

More Than 670 Estimated Dead In Papua New Guinea Landslide: UN

More than 670 people are believed to have died after a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, a UN official told AFP on Sunday as aid workers and villagers braved perilous conditions in their search for survivors.

International Business Times · May 27, 2024

Australia plans to send aid to Papua New Guinea as rain raises safety fears at deadly landslide site

Australia is preparing to send aircraft and other equipment to help at the site of the deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea as rain in the South Pacific nation’s mountainous interior is raising fears that the tons of rubble that buried hundreds of villagers will become dangerously unstable

The Independent UK · May 27, 2024

Papua New Guinea Landslide Rescue 'Racing Against Time': UN

Rescuers are racing to find survivors after a landslide obliterated a Papua New Guinea village and killed an estimated 670 people, a UN official told AFP on Monday.

International Business Times · May 27, 2024

Papua New Guinea landslide death toll climbs to 670

Landslide also buried around 150 houses

The Independent UK · May 26, 2024