More than 670 feared dead in Papua New Guinea landslide, UN agency says • FRANCE 24 English

at the foot of a mountain in the anger province of Papa New Guinea a village lays buried more than 150 homes and hundreds of lives have been lost locals in shock and mourning have been combing through some 6 to 8 m of soil in search of victims and survivors since the landslide struck on Friday around 3:00 a.m. and the locals underground the boys right there at the back of me they’re telling me that this is a massive destruction that took place and they were f just live and all of a sudden uh the place was covered by rocks by Sunday only five bodies had been recovered all adults water power and major highways were cut off hampering relief efforts local authorities were struggling to reach the site leaving Villages isolated using Spades agricultural forks and items on hand to dig a convoy had traveled from the provincial capital to deliver food and supplies and to establish evacuation CER centers around the debris with the local un migration agency saying the area was still at risk because of the land still sliding uh the soil with the pressure on which neighboring communities are built is also pushing the ground and that is also leading to cracks and extreme risk and danger for the other houses Ango which is more than 600 kilometers from the capital Port morby is home to several Clans and Farmers cultural issues are also a factor for Relief workers as tribal Warfare is prominent in the region and along the main highway to deliver eight

More than 670 people are assumed to have died in Papua New Guinea’s massive landslide, the UN migration agency estimated on Sunday as rescue efforts continued. Only five bodies had been retrieved from the rubble so far.
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