More than 2,000 buried in massive landslide, Papua New Guinea government reports

Watchers News ^ | 5/27/24 | Teo Blašković

[Roman_War_Criminal]

A massive landslide in Papua New Guinea’s Enga province on May 24, 2024, buried over 2 000 people, according to government reports released today.

In a letter to the United Nations resident coordinator, the acting director of the National Disaster Center, Luseta Laso Mana, stated that the landslide buried over 2 000 people and caused major destruction at Yambali village in Enga province on Friday, May 24, 2024.

The disaster occurred at approximately 03:00 local time in a remote area about 600 km (370 miles) northwest of the capital, Port Moresby.

The landslide also buried a 200-meter (650-foot) stretch of the province’s main highway under debris 6 to 8 m (20 to 26 feet) deep, creating a major obstacle for relief efforts.

The updated casualty figure, released on May 27, is significantly higher than the United Nations’ earlier estimate of 670 fatalities. So far, the remains of only six individuals have been recovered.

[DeplorablePaul]

Jesus. Maybe Biden’s uncle will pop up

[packagingguy]

Biden’s uncle will Corn Pop up.

[Magnum44]

The area around this landslide doesnt look that densely populated. What were 2000 people doing there?

[NWFree]

How many were cannibals?

[albie]

“The area around this landslide doesnt look that densely populated. What were 2000 people doing there?”

...Taylor Swift concert?

[Blood of Tyrants]

I see no reason to dig them up only to bury them again. Let the dead remain buried.

[metmom]

I have to agree. I suppose it helps with closure for some but they will realistically never find all the bodies. No one survived that.

[SunkenCiv]

Stevie Nicks' fault.

[metmom]

It may have hit a couple villages.

[VTenigma]

That’s not good.

[MaskedMan]

Well, we know it wasn’t a Biden/Harris rally!

[VTenigma]

I climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills
‘Til the landslide brought me down

[PIF]

Slide like that happnen in China all the time, but they are censored.

[DesertRhino]

Maybe the main populated part of town is under the main part of the landslide.

[Magnum44]

I am not discounting that. Just hard to get that impression from this photo.

[Delta 21]

I aint buying it.

[ansel12]

It is amazing the things that can come out of nowhere to wipe you and yours out.

[1FreeAmerican]

If that is the actual slide I’m not buying either.

Down in the bottom left is a house so you can get some scale.

[Noumenon]

Lizzo’s fault.