Landslide Tragedy in Papua New Guinea Leaves More than 670 Dead: Search for Survivors Abandoned
MELBOURNE, Australia – A devastating landslide in Papua New Guinea has left rescuers and bereaved families grappling with the grim reality of over 670 people feared dead. The International Organization for Migration has revised its initial death toll estimate upwards, painting a bleak picture of the catastrophic event that buried more than 150 homes in Yambali village under a sea of mud and debris. Serhan Aktoprak, the head of the U.N. migration agency’s operations in …