May 27, 2024 12:10 PM

More than 2,000 buried alive in Papua New Guinea landslide, local authorities

More than 2,000 people were buried alive by a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea last week, the national disaster centre said on Monday, as treacherous terrain and the difficulty of getting aid to the site raises the risk few survivors will be found. The numbers of those buried around Yambali village in Enga province in the country's north are based on estimates from local authorities which have been rising steadily since Friday's landslide. A U.N. agency put the estimated death toll at mor...