PORT MORESBY — Tribal violence has hampered recovery efforts at a landslide site in Papua New Guinea, aid workers said Sunday, as the search continued for hundreds of villagers feared dead under the rubble.
A once-bustling hillside village in Enga province was almost completely obliterated when the landslide struck in the early hours of Friday morning, burying scores of homes and the people sleeping inside.While the official death toll could take days or weeks to compile, aid agencies and local leaders fear between 100 and 300 people may have perished.
At some points, the landslide — a mix of car-sized boulders, uprooted trees and churned-up earth — was thought to be eight meters deep.Aid agencies said the catastrophe had effectively wiped out the village's livestock, food gardens and sources of clean water.Heartbreaking scenesLocals suspected the landslide may have been triggered by heavy rains that have saturated the region in recent weeks.
Violence Hampers Papua New Guinea Rescue Work
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