The United Nations was told that there were more than 2,000 people buried
The death toll from a landslide that hit Papua New Guinea has risen to 180, authorities said. More than 2,000 villagers are also feared buried under the debris of Lae, which was hit by the landslide on Monday. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that it believes 670 people died, while the government said more than 2,000 people are buried.
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The International Organisation for Migration on Sunday increased the death toll from a landslide in Papua New Guinea to more than 670. Serhan Aktoprak, the chief of the UN migration agency’s mission in the South Pacific island nation, said that the revised death toll was due to calculations by the villagers and local officials.