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Papua New Guinea has regularly experienced fatal landslides resulting from its mountainous terrain, weather, climate, poverty, poor land use practices and government mismanagement. In 2024, the country saw intense rainfall and flooding, [ 2 ] and in April, 14 people died in a landslide, while 21 died in a landslide one month earlier.
The floods and landslides killed 23, including a mother and her child. The fatalities occurred during three separate landslides in Chimbu Province. Roads were washed away in coastal regions. The village of Lese Kavora was severely affected by king tides, damaging food gardens and contaminating water wells. Rivers overflowed around deltas.
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Papua New Guinea's massive landslide three days ago buried more than 2,000 people, the government said on Monday, as treacherous terrain impeded aid and lowered hopes of finding ...
More than 100 people are believed to have been killed in a landslide Friday that buried a village in a remote, mountainous part of Papua New Guinea, and an emergency response is underway ...
People dig through debris at the site of a landslide in Yambali village in the region of Maip Mulitaka, in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea on May 27, 2024. Credit - Emmanuel Eralia—AFP via Getty ...
Kaokalam is a village in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. It is located 600 kilometres ... the village was heavily affected by the 2024 Enga landslide. [2] [3]
More than 100 people are feared dead in a remote village in northern Papua New Guinea after it was hit by a major landslide, officials said Friday, as rescue workers scramble to reach the site.
Maip Muritaka Rural LLG is a local-level government of Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. [1] [2] In the news coverage of the 2024 Enga landslide affecting Yambali and Kaokalam villages, it was generally referred to as "Mulitaka". [3] [4]