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More than 2,000 people buried under landslides in Papua New Guinea

 Published: 10:08, 28 May 2024

More than 2,000 people buried under landslides in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea has estimated that around 2,000 people were buried after landslides hit a remote village last Friday.

In a letter to the UN, the country's disaster agency “estimates that more than 2,000 people could be buried under the rubble,” ABC News reported on Monday. More than 150 houses have been buried in Yambali village alone, according to Serhan Aktoprak, an official of the UN migration agency mission in Papua New Guinea.

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