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Race Against Time: Rescue Efforts in Papua New Guinea Landslide

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Emergency services race to save trapped villagers in a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea's isolated Enga province. Find out the latest updates here!

A massive landslide in Papua New Guinea's Enga province has triggered a race against time as emergency services strive to rescue hundreds of trapped villagers. The disaster, burying a village under 20 to 25 feet of debris, is believed to have claimed over 100 lives, with fears that the toll could rise. An emergency convoy has managed to reach survivors, delivering vital aid, including food, water, and provisions, to those affected by the devastating landslide.

Despite the challenging conditions, rescuers are tirelessly searching through the rubble, with helicopters being the primary mode of access due to the blocked highways. Aerial footage captured the aftermath, illustrating the magnitude of the disaster in the remote village of Enga Province. With the terrain complicating search and rescue efforts, the community is left shocked and devastated by the extent of the landslide.

In a concerning development, a local official reported that nearly 4000 people lived in the engulfed villages, highlighting the scale of the tragedy. Unstable debris further complicates the rescue operations in this rural area. As the search continues, the focus remains on locating missing individuals and providing assistance to the survivors, emphasizing the urgent need for aid and support in the wake of this catastrophic event.

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Papua New Guinea landslide: Race to rescue villagers trapped (BBC News)

Emergency services are racing to rescue victims of a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea's isolated Enga province, where hundreds of people are feared to ...

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Emergency convoy reaches survivors of a massive landslide in ... (NPR)

The landslide buried a village under 20 to 25 feet of debris. More than 100 people are believed to have been killed, but officials say the number could go ...

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Emergency convoy takes aid to survivors of Papua New Guinea ... (BreakingNews.ie)

An assessment team reported “suggestions” that 100 people were dead and 60 houses buried by the mountainside that collapsed in Enga province a few hours before ...

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Rescuers search rubble after over 300 buried in Papua New Guinea ... (Aljazeera.com)

Landslide blocked highway access to affected communities making helicopters the easiest way to reach the disaster zone.

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Emergency convoy delivers aid to survivors of deadly landslide in ... (PBS NewsHour)

Survivors searched through tons of earth and rubble for missing relatives while a first emergency convoy delivered food, water and other provisions Saturday ...

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Aerial footage shows aftermath of enormous landslide in Papua ... (CNN)

Emergency crews are struggling to access a remote village in Enga Province in the north of Papua New Guinea where a landslide is believed to have killed ...

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Convoy takes provisions to survivors of devastating landslide in ... (ABC News)

An emergency convoy has delivered food, water and other provisions to stunned survivors of a landslide that devastated a remote village in the mountains of ...

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Hundreds Feared Dead in Papua New Guinea Landslide (The New York Times)

Nearly 4000 people live in villages that were engulfed, a local official said. Unstable debris was complicating search and rescue efforts in a rural part of ...

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Thousands likely impacted by Papua New Guinea landslide (RTE.ie)

Hundreds are feared dead in the landslide in the Pacific nation north of Australia that levelled Kaokalam village in Enga Province, about 600km northwest of ...

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Hundreds feared dead, more than 4000 affected by Papua New ... (Voice of America)

Hundreds are feared dead in the landslide in the Pacific nation north of Australia that leveled Kaokalam village in Enga Province, about 600 kilometers ...

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Papua New Guinea: More than 4000 people impacted by landslide (Sky News)

One village was flattened and several others were affected by Friday's landslide in a province of the country prone to outbreaks of violence.

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Three bodies retrieved from Papua New Guinea landslide (RTE.ie)

Emergency teams pulled three bodies from the rubble of Papua New Guinea's massive landslide, the UN said, warning the death toll would likely rise in the ...

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Papua New Guinea landslide: Emergency crews move survivors to ... (The Associated Press)

Emergency responders are moving survivors of a massive landslide feared to have buried scores of people to safer ground as tons of unstable earth and tribal ...

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Emergency crews in Papua New Guinea move survivors of massive ... (ABC News)

Emergency responders are moving survivors of a massive landslide feared to have buried scores of people to safer ground as tons of unstable earth and tribal ...

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Survivors of massive Papua New Guinea landslide moved to safer ... (BreakingNews.ie)

Rescuers say the land is still moving, and there is an additional threat posed by tribal warfare locally.

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UN estimates more than 670 killed in Papua New Guinea landslide (NPR)

The International Organization for Migration on Sunday increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea to more than ...

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Death toll from Papua New Guinea landslide rises to more than 670 (The Irish Times)

Serhan Aktoprak, chief of the UN migration agency's mission in the south Pacific island nation, said the revised death toll is based on calculations by Yambali ...

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More than 670 people feared dead after Papua New Guinea ... (CNN)

Nearly 670 people are feared dead following a devastating landslide in a remote region in northern Papua New Guinea on Friday, according to estimates from ...

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Death toll after Papua New Guinea landslide soars to more than 670 (BreakingNews.ie)

Serhan Aktoprak, chief of the UN migration agency's mission in the South Pacific island nation, said the revised death toll is based on calculations by Yambali ...

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