UN says terrain, remote location hamper relief after landslide buries hundreds in PNG

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UN says terrain, remote location hamper relief after landslide buries hundreds in PNG
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Keegan Matheson on Blue Jays, Baseball Memories, and More | SaltWire #writer #torontobluejays #mlbSYDNEY -Unstable terrain, remote locations and damaged roads are hampering relief efforts in Papua New Guinea after more than 670 people were feared killed in a landslide last week in the Pacific nation's north, the United Nations said on Monday.

Six bodies have been retrieved so far. The U.N. said the number of possible deaths could change as rescue efforts were expected to continue for days. "We thank God for saving our lives at that moment. We were certain that we were going to die but the big rocks didn't crush us," Jacklyn said."It's really hard to explain as we got trapped for nearly eight hours, then got rescued. We believe we were saved for a purpose."Water continued to flow under the debris, the U.N. migration agency said, making it extremely dangerous for residents and the rescue team to clear debris.

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