Over 2,000 people were buried alive in their sleep in Papua New Guinea landslide. The disaster was reported to have destroyed a remote highland village, killing over 2,000 people in their sleep.
The government of New Guinea is currently pleading for international help from neighbouring nations to assist with the rescue effort.
The situation is so intense that the once busy hillside village in Enga province has been almost wiped out because of the chunk of Mount Mungalo that fell on Friday morning. The mountain’s chunk destroyed homes with its sleeping inhabitants in it; over 2,000 of these inhabitants died in their homes buried in the chuck.
“The landslide buried more than 2,000 people alive, caused major destruction to buildings and food gardens and caused a major impact on the economic lifeline of the country,” In a letter to the United States obtained by AFP, Papua New Guinea’s national disaster centre said.
It was reported that the main highway to the large Porgera gold mine was blocked completely. The Natural Disasters Centre told the UN resident coordinator’s office about this, which is in the capital, Port Moresby.
“The landslip was continuing to shift slowly, posing an ongoing danger to both the rescue teams and survivors alike,” the disaster centre said.
The scale of the catastrophe required “immediate and collaborative actions from all players,” it added, including the army and national and provincial responders.“The centre also called on the United Nations to inform Papua New Guinea’s development partners “and other international friends” of the crisis.“
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