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UN raises Papua New Guinea landslide death toll estimate to 670

"There are an estimated 150-plus houses now buried" said UN migration agency official Serhan Aktoprak, adding that "670-plus people are assumed dead".

This handout photo by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on May 25, 2024 shows locals carrying a person on a stretcher from the site of a landslide at Yambali Village in the region of Maip Mulitaka, in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province.
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

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Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | AFP

More than 670 people are believed to have died after a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, a UN official told AFP

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