More than 670 people are believed to have died after a massive landslide obliterated a village in Papua New Guinea, a UN official told AFP on Sunday.There are an estimated 150-plus houses now buried said UN migration agency official Serhan Aktoprak, adding that 670-plus people are assumed dead.The situation is terrible with the land still sliding.
The water is running and this is creating a massive risk for eveyrone involved, added Aktoprak, who is based in Port Moresby.More than 1,000 people had been displaced from the once-bustling village, Aktoprak said, with food gardens and water supplies almost completely wiped out.People are using digging sticks, spades, large agricultural forks to remove the bodies buried under the soil.Source: AFP--Agencies