CNN —More than 100 people are feared dead in a remote village in the Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea after a landslide flattened homes and buried people alive while they were sleeping, officials said Friday.
“The debris is as big as approximately three to four football fields, and is blocking the lifeline of the province’s main highway, which is making the relief efforts all the more difficult,” Serhan Aktoprak told CNN.
It’s already night time in Papua New Guinea.
There’s no power to continue the relief efforts.
Rescuers are trying to reach the remote village in Enga Province.
Persons:
Serhan Aktoprak, “, ” Aktoprak, Janet Philemon, ” Philemon, James Marape, ”
Organizations:
CNN, Mission, International Organization for Migration, IOM, National, Papua New Guinea Red Crescent Society, AFP, Getty Images, ABC, Reuters, of Works, Highways, police
Locations:
Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Kaokalam, Enga Province, Port Moresby, Enga’s