(UPDATE) PORT MORESBY — A big landslide struck Papua New Guinea's uplands Friday, local officials and aid groups said, with many feared dead.
PORT MORESBY — A big landslide struck Papua New Guinea 's uplands Friday, local officials and aid groups said, with many feared dead.The disaster hit Kaokalam village, in Papua New Guinea 's remote Enga province, at around 3 a.m. local time.Provincial governor Peter Ipatas told AFP that a big landslide had caused 'loss of life and property.' AVALANCHE People gather at the site of a landslide in Maip Mulitaka in Papua New Guinea ’s Enga Province on May 24, 2024.
Some became instant rescuers, donning wellington boots, strapping on head torches, picking up machetes and long-handled axes to help clear the rubble.As they moved around, children carried on their mother's backs could be heard crying.'The landslide hit around three last night and it looks like more than 100 houses got buried. It is not yet known how many people were in those houses,' Vincent Pyati, president of the local Community Development Association, told AFP.
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