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Port Moresby (Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) (AFP) - L'estimation de la Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée selon laquelle 2.000 personnes ont été ensevelies par un glissement de terrain dans les hautes terres a été remise en question mercredi, l'imagerie satellite, les experts en catastrophes et les responsables locaux suggérant un bilan bien plus bas. Alors que le Premier ministre James Marape a déclaré au Parlement une "estimation initiale" selon laquelle "plus de 2.000 personnes auraient péri", des questions ont été posées en privé sur la manière dont ce chiffre a été atteint. Jusqu'à présent, six corps...
AFP (Français)
Humanitarian organisations in Papua New Guinea have warned of a possible second landslide and a disease outbreak at the scene of the country's largest mass-casualty disaster in recent memory, which saw hundreds injured and killed by a massive landslide. A UN official said the water streams and scores of bodies buried by the tons of debris that swept over a village on May 24 are together posing a major risk of further catastrophe even as rescuers struggle to help those still trapped. A mass of boulders, earth and splintered trees devastated Yambali in the South Pacific nation's remote highlands...
Euronews (English)
A Papua New Guinea government official has told the United Nations more than 2,000 people were believed to have been buried alive by Friday's landslide and has formally asked for international help. The government figure is roughly triple the UN estimate of 670 killed in the South Pacific island nation's mountainous interior. The remains of only six people have been recovered so far. Estimates of the casualties have varied widely since the disaster, and it remains unclear how officials determined the number of people affected. The International Organisation for Migration, which is working clos...
Euronews (English)
The death toll from a deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea has risen to nearly 700, with rescuers now giving up hope of finding survivors. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) put the number of dead from the disaster, which hit Yambali village and in the northern Enga province, at 670 on Sunday. Serhan Aktoprak, chief of the IOM's mission in the country, said the death toll was based on calculations after more than 150 homes were buried by Friday’s landslide. “They are estimating that more than 670 people (are) under the soil at the moment,” he said. Crews have given up hope of f...
Euronews (English)
More than 100 people are believed to have been killed in a landslide that buried a village in a remote part of Papua New Guinea. The landslide struck Enga province, about 600 kilometres northwest of the capital Port Moresby, in the early hours of Friday morning. Residents from surrounding areas said boulders and trees from a collapsed mountainside buried parts of the community. The chief of the International Organization for Migration's (IOM) mission in the Oceania country said the landslide hit the village of Yambali, about two hours' drive from Enga's provincial capital of Wabag. "The land s...
Euronews (English)
By Nivedita Niranjankumar A photo from Peru showing giant cracks and fissures in the ground is being shared as an aerial shot of the situation in Joshimath, Uttarakhand where cracks have started appearing in homes and roads amid land subsidence. Joshimath in Uttarakhand, a gateway to several trekking sites and relgious spots like Badrinath and Hemkunth Sahib, was declared a disaster-prone zone earlier this year. Cracks have started to appear on roads and inside homes in Joshimath, with some establishments even reporting tilting. The government has currently banned all construction activities i...
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