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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. [5]
Search and rescue teams are struggling to access a mountainside in Papua New Guinea where more than 2,000 people are feared dead after a massive landslide.. Luseta Laso Mana, acting director of ...
The floods ravaged the local economy, and many survived on only one meal per day. The government allocated 10,000 Papua New Guinean kinas ($2,645) for relief assistance. . The country is one of the most at-risk to climate change, ranking 16 according to the 2022 World Risk In
People carry bags in the aftermath of a landslide in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, on May 24, 2024. - Andrew Ruing/Reuters CARE Australia said the obstruction “will likely take considerable ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) -More than 300 people and over 1,100 houses were buried by a massive landslide that levelled a remote village in northern Papua New Guinea, local media reported on Saturday.
In a letter seen by The Associated Press to the United Nations resident coordinator dated Sunday, the acting director of Papua New Guinea's National Disaster Center Luseta Laso Mana said the landslide “buried more than 2,000 people alive” and caused “major destruction” at Yambali village in the Enga province.
May 27, 2024 at 5:39 AM. ... 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 ...
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.