The government of the African country claimed on Monday that around 2,000 people are thought to have been buried alive in a remote highland community in Papua New Guinea due to a major landslide.
The government of Papua New Guinea has begged for international assistance in the rescue operation after a section of Mount Mungalo collapsed early on Friday morning, nearly wiping out a hillside town in the province of Enga.
Numerous homes and their occupants were buried under the lethal avalanche.
A statement to the UN from Papua New Guinea’s national disaster center stated, “The landslide buried more than 2,000 people alive and caused major destruction to buildings, food gardens, and caused major impact on the economic lifeline of the country,” according to AFP.
The letter claimed that the massive gold mine at Porgera was “completely blocked” from the main roadway.
According to the emergency center, the landslip was still “shifting slowly, posing an ongoing danger to both the rescue teams and survivors alike.”
The army and other national and local responses were among the “immediate and collaborative actions from all players” that were necessary due to the magnitude of the disaster.
The center also urged the UN to notify “other international friends” about the issue and Papua New Guinea’s development partners.
Early on Tuesday, the UN is set to convene an emergency online conference with foreign governments.
They will attempt to coordinate a relief operation that has been made more difficult by the site’s remoteness, the adjacent ongoing tribal violence, and the damaged road link.
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