More than 2,000 people were buried alive by a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea last week, the national disaster center said on Monday, as treacherous terrain and the difficulty of getting aid to the site raises the risk few survivors will be found.
The numbers of those buried around Yambali village in Enga province in the country’s north are based on estimates from local authorities, which have been rising steadily since Friday’s landslide.
