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Landslip kills at least 21 people in Papua New Guinea highlands: media report

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Landslip kills at least 21 people in Papua New Guinea highlands: media report

“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…

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Papua New Guinea disaster: U.N. warns of second landslide, disease outbreak

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Papua New Guinea disaster: U.N. warns of second landslide, disease outbreak

People clear an area at the site of a landslide in Yambali village, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea on May 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: UNDP Papua New Guinea via Reuters Authorities fear a second landslide and a disease outbreak are looming at the scene of Papua New Guinea’s mass-casualty disaster because of water streams…

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India ready to offer all possible support: PM Modi on landslide tragedy in Papua New Guinea

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India ready to offer all possible support: PM Modi on landslide tragedy in Papua New Guinea

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. File photo | Photo Credit: PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, expressed grief over the loss of lives and damage wreaked by a devastating landslide in Papua New Guinea, and said India is ready to offer all possible support and assistance. Deeply saddened by the loss of…

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UN Official Says Survivors Unlikely From Papua New Guinea Landslide

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UN Official Says Survivors Unlikely From Papua New Guinea Landslide

Papua New Guinea Landslide: About 7,900 people from remote villages are being evacuated. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea: It is now “very unlikely” that more victims of a deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea will be found alive, a UN official told AFP on Tuesday. “It is not a rescue mission, it is a recovery…

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Papua New Guinea orders thousands to evacuate from path of ‘active’ landslide

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Papua New Guinea orders thousands to evacuate from path of ‘active’ landslide

People walk over the damaged Togoba Bridge, located on the road from Mount Hagen to the site of a landslide at Mulitaka village in the region of Maip Mulitaka, in Papua New Guinea’s Enga Province on May 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Thousands of residents were ordered to evacuate from the path of a…

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Papua New Guinea Says 7,900 People Evacuated Under New Landslide Threat

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Papua New Guinea Says 7,900 People Evacuated Under New Landslide Threat

A vast smear of yellow and grey debris can be seen cutting through verdant bushland. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinea moved to evacuate an estimated 7,900 people from remote villages near the site of a deadly landslide on Tuesday, as authorities warned of further slips. Some 2,000 people are already feared buried…

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UN migration agency estimates more than 670 killed in Papua New Guinea landslide

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UN migration agency estimates more than 670 killed in Papua New Guinea landslide

Villagers search through a landslide in Pogera village, in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, on May 26, 2024. The International Organization for Migration feared Sunday the death toll from a massive landslide is much worse than what authorities initially estimated. | Photo Credit: AP The International Organization for Migration on May 26 increased its…

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