More than 100 people are believed to have been killed in a landslide in remote Papua New Guinea.
The landslide is believed to have hit the village of Kaokalam in Enga province, about 600 km northwest of Port Moresby, the South Pacific island’s capital, around 3 a.m. Friday local time.
Residents say current estimates of the death toll are above 100, although authorities have not confirmed that figure.
More than 100 people are believed to have been killed in a landslide in a remote region of Papua New Guinea.
The landslide is believed to have hit the village of Kaokalam in Enga province, about 600 km northwest of Port Moresby, the capital of the South Pacific island nation, around 3 a.m. Friday local time.
Villagers say the number of people killed could be much higher.
A video on social media shows residents removing buried bodies.
Countless homes were destroyed by the landslide and it is believed that many residents sleeping inside may have been buried under the rubble.
Vincent Pyati, president of the local community development association, said the number of casualties was unknown.
“The landslide occurred around three o’clock last night and it appears that more than 100 houses were buried. We do not yet know how many people were in these houses,” he told AFP.
Emergency services were sent to the scene.
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