For four days and nights, locals have been picking through a hellscape of metres-deep churned-up earth, uprooted trees and car-sized boulders, using little more than shovels and digging sticks
A catastrophic landslide in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has buried more than 2,000 people, according to a government official, far exceeding initial estimates of the disaster's toll. This calamity has prompted the government to formally seek international aid as rescue efforts continue under extremely challenging conditions.
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