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More than 2,000 buried in massive landslide, Papua New Guinea government reports
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| 5/27/24
| Teo Blašković
Posted on 05/28/2024 2:19:46 PM PDT by 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.
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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; Society; Weather
KEYWORDS: landslides; papuanewguinea
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
Jesus. Maybe Biden’s uncle will pop up
To: DeplorablePaul
Biden’s uncle will Corn Pop up.
To: Roman_War_Criminal
The area around this landslide doesnt look that densely populated. What were 2000 people doing there?
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posted on
05/28/2024 2:25:53 PM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: Roman_War_Criminal
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posted on
05/28/2024 2:26:07 PM PDT
by
NWFree
(Somebody has to say it 🤪)
To: Magnum44
“The area around this landslide doesnt look that densely populated. What were 2000 people doing there?”
...Taylor Swift concert?
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posted on
05/28/2024 2:27:03 PM PDT
by
albie
To: Roman_War_Criminal
I see no reason to dig them up only to bury them again. Let the dead remain buried.
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posted on
05/28/2024 2:28:13 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money. - M. Thatcher)
To: Blood of Tyrants
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.
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posted on
05/28/2024 2:31:21 PM PDT
by
metmom
(He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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posted on
05/28/2024 2:31:44 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: albie
It may have hit a couple villages.
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posted on
05/28/2024 2:31:50 PM PDT
by
metmom
(He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
To: Roman_War_Criminal
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posted on
05/28/2024 2:35:36 PM PDT
by
VTenigma
(Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
To: albie
Well, we know it wasn’t a Biden/Harris rally!
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posted on
05/28/2024 2:37:03 PM PDT
by
MaskedMan
(The )
To: SunkenCiv
I climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills
‘Til the landslide brought me down
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posted on
05/28/2024 2:38:57 PM PDT
by
VTenigma
(Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
To: Roman_War_Criminal
Slide like that happnen in China all the time, but they are censored.
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posted on
05/28/2024 2:40:02 PM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: Magnum44
Maybe the main populated part of town is under the main part of the landslide.
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posted on
05/28/2024 2:57:31 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
To: DesertRhino
I am not discounting that. Just hard to get that impression from this photo.
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posted on
05/28/2024 2:58:57 PM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: Magnum44
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posted on
05/28/2024 3:07:27 PM PDT
by
Delta 21
(If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
To: Magnum44
It is amazing the things that can come out of nowhere to wipe you and yours out.
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posted on
05/28/2024 3:17:37 PM PDT
by
ansel12
((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
To: Delta 21
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.
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/28/2024 3:42:10 PM PDT
by
Noumenon
(You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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