More than 150 houses were buried following the May 24 landslide.
SYDNEY – Emergency crews in Papua New Guinea on May 27 continued their rescue efforts to find survivors after more than 670 people were feared killed in a massive landslide which flattened a remote village in the Pacific nation’s northern region.landslide that occurred in Papua New Guinea’s Enga province
“The houses are buried under around 8m of dirt. So there is quite a lot of debris to get through,” aid group Care International Papua New Guinea country director Justine McMahon told ABC television on May 27. Residents have rescued a couple, who had been trapped under the rubble, after they heard their cry for help, media reported.
Emergency crews, including the Papua New Guinea defence engineering team, were on the ground, but heavy equipment required for the rescue had yet to reach the village as the main road remained cut off and the only access was via helicopter.
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