PORT MORESBY — Supplies of food and medicine began arriving at the scene of a deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, with aid workers discovering children rendered mute by the shock of the disaster.
Papua New Guinea 's government estimates that as many as 2,000 people may be buried underneath a massive landslide that struck a thriving highland settlement in western Enga province in the early hours of May 24.Only six bodies have so far been pulled from the mountain of churned-up earth after days of frantic digging with makeshift tools.
Ground crew and members of the Royal Australian Air Force load boxes of aid onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft in Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby, on May 29, 2024, before heading to the site of a landslide in Mulitaka village, Maip Mulitaka region, western Enga province. AFP PHOTODifficulties in getting aid and supplies to the site — and the speed of the government response — have stoked a mix of desperation and frustration on the ground.
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