Six villages in PNG’s Enga province were covered on Friday morning, with response teams sent to the area
Six villages in Mulitaka, in Enga province’s Porgera-Paiela district, were covered by the landslide early on Friday morning.
People in the villages surrounding Mulitaka said there could be 80-100 people including children buried. Authorities were yet to give a death toll. Enga’s provincial administrator, Sandis Tsaka, said emergency response teams had been sent to the area, including disaster, police and health workers as the extent of the damaged was assessed.
“The devastating landslide which is being described as unprecedented natural disaster occurred early hours of this morning … causing substantial damages to property and human lives which are currently unaccounted for,” Tsaka said.He said the rescue efforts included work to clear access to the road to Porgera “that was substantially damaged and blocked”. Tsaka called for support for the national government and other organisations to help victims of the disaster.
Pictures posted to social media showed residents scaling huge rocks, scattered among tree trunks, and debris left by the landslide.Explore more on these topics
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