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".
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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.
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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