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“A landslip early Friday morning (October 31, 2025) killed at least 21 people in Papua New Guinea’s highlands,” Australian media reported.

“The landslip around 2 a.m. flattened houses as people slept in the village of Kukas in Enga province,” Australian Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) reported, citing police.

Enga Gov Peter Ipatas told ABC locals reported up to 30 people had died, with 18 bodies already recovered. Police maintain the death toll was 21. The Associated Press‘ phone calls to Ipatas and the Wabag police station in Enga went unanswered on Friday (October 31, 2025).

Mate Bagossy, UN humanitarian adviser for Papua New Guinea, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The United Nations conservatively estimated 670 villagers were killed in a landslip in Enga in May last year, while the Papua New Guinea government said more than 2,000 people had been buried.

Published – October 31, 2025 12:48 pm IST



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People gather at the site of a landslide in Maip Mulitaka in Papua New Guinea’s Enga Province on May 24, 2024.
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More than 100 people are believed to have been killed Friday, May 24, 2024, in a landslide in a remote part of Papua New Guinea, Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported.

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The landslide reportedly hit Kaokalam Village in Enga Province, about 600 km northwest of the South Pacific island nation’s capital of Port Moresby, at roughly 3 am local time, ABC reported.

Residents say current estimates of the death toll are above 100, although authorities have not confirmed this figure. Villagers said the number of people killed could be much higher.

Social media video show locals pulling out buried bodies

The Papua New Guinea government and police did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Friday.

Papua New Guinea is a diverse, developing nation of mostly subsistence farmers with 800 languages. There are few roads outside the larger cites .

With 10 million people, it also the most populous South Pacific nation after Australia, which is home to 27 million.



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