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1 day ago · Papua New Guinea has not held a census since 2000. The U.N. says 150 homes in the village were buried under soil six to eight metres deep. A 200-metre stretch of the main highway in Enga province ...
11 hours ago · AP. Over 2,000 are feared dead in Papua New Guinea after a landslide hit a remote area. All was quiet in the village of Yambali – a settlement in Papua New Guinea’s Enga province – in the early hours of Friday. Then, as the villagers slept, disaster struck. Search and rescue efforts are on, but the remains of just six people have been ...
13 hours ago · The Papua New Guinea government said a landslide on Friday buried more than 2,000 people and has formally asked for international help. The government figure is around three times more than a United Nations' estimate of 670. In a letter seen by The Associated Press to the United Nations resident coordinator dated Sunday, the acting director of ...
3 hours ago · MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A Papua New Guinea government official has told the United Nations that more than 2,000 people are believed to have been buried alive by last Friday’s landslide and has formally asked for international help. The government figure is roughly triple the U.N. estimate of 670 killed by the landslide in the […]
1 day ago · Papua (province) / 2.533°S 140.717°E / -2.533; 140.717. Papua is a province of Indonesia, comprising the northern coast of Western New Guinea together with island groups in Cenderawasih Bay to the west. It roughly follows the borders of Papuan customary region of Tabi Saireri.
16 hours ago · Papua New Guinea informed the UN on Monday that more than 2,000 people were buried in a massive landslide that swept over a remote village, according to a copy of the letter obtained by AFP.
1 day ago · SYDNEY, Australia – More than 2,000 people were buried alive by a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea last week, the national disaster center said on Monday, May 27, as treacherous terrain and ...
