UN estimates more than 670 killed in Papua New Guinea landslide
Al Jazeera
Authorities are trying to establish evacuation centres on safer ground on either side of the massive swath of debris.
The International Organization for Migration has increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to more than 670.
Serhan Aktoprak, the chief of the United Nations agency’s mission in the South Pacific island nation, said on Sunday the revised death toll was based on calculations by Yambali village and Enga provincial officials that more than 150 homes had been buried by Friday’s landslide.
The previous estimate had been 60 homes.
“They are estimating that more than 670 people [are] under the soil at the moment,” Aktoprak said.
“The situation is terrible with the land still sliding. The water is running and this is creating a massive risk for eveyrone involved,” added Aktoprak, who is based in capital, Port Moresby.
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