Thousands of people in Papua New Guinea's highlands could be forced to evacuate, amid fears a second deadly landslide could occur.The first team of Australian first responders have landed in PNG to help with the disaster response.
A mass of boulders, earth and splintered trees devastated Yambali PNG's remote highlands when a limestone mountainside sheared away Friday."Every hour you can hear rock breaking — it is like a bomb or gunshot and the rocks keep falling down," Mr Tsaka said. Yambali couple John and Jacklyn Yandam spoke of being trapped in the rubble for eight hours on Friday morning before they were dug out by neighbours.
The UN agency raised those concerns at a disaster management virtual meeting of national and international responders on Tuesday. "Their role will be particularly helping perform geotechnical surveillance to establish the level of the landslip, the instability of the land there, obviously doing some work around identifying where bodies are," Mr Watt said.The Australian government has offered long-term logistical support for clearing debris, recovering bodies and supporting displaced people.
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