A Papua New Guinea government official has told the United Nations more than 2,000 people were believed to have been buried alive by Friday's landslide and has formally asked for international help.

TASS/. More than 2,000 people could still be trapped under the rubble after a landslide in the central part of Papua New Guinea, Radio New Zealand reports, referring to the National Disaster Center.

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesian rescue teams were searching for 19 people missing after heavy rain caused a landslide at a gold mine in its easternmost region of Papua, officials said on Monday.

water and other provisions Saturday at the site of a landslide that devastated a remote village in the mountains of Papua New Guinea and was feared to have buried scores of people, officials said.

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It is one of hundreds set to take place in Papua New Guinea over the coming days and weeks after a landslide on Friday morning buried more than 150 homes. More than 670 people are thought to be ...

All of them are buried." It is not only the death of loved ones that has him grieving, but the destruction of the land that has left almost 8,000 people ... the landslide, Papua New Guinea's ...

People gather at the site of a landslide in Maip Mulitaka in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province on May 24, 2024. [AFP] A massive landslide struck remote villages in Papua New Guinea's highlands ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A Papua New Guinea government official has told the United Nations more than 2,000 people were believed to have been buried alive by Friday’s landslide and has ...