Reutersby Sudev Kiyada, Lewis Jackson, Adolfo Arranz, Han Huang, Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa, Jackie Gu, Simon Scarr·May 29, 2024
Buried alive Papua New Guinean authorities are piecing together the scale of destruction and death toll from a devastating landslide Satellite images showing the area immediately before the landslide are unavailable. However, Maxar Technologies captured this picture around 11 months ago, on June 27, 2023. Some structures are visible and give an indication of what was in the area. Around 20 of these may have been located in the path of the landslide. Satellite images: Maxar Technologies. Taken June 27, 2023 and May 27, 2024 A massive landslide swept through a remote area of northern Papua New Guinea early on May 24, burying a village in a remote part of the country difficult to reach for aid workers and heavy excavation equipment. Villagers are still trying to move debris as high as two stories with spades, sticks and their bare hands. What machinery has made it to the remote site often cannot be used because the unstable ground could slide further. Only six bodies have been pulled from the rubble so far and officials say they don’t expect many survivors. Papua New Guinean authorities are still trying to piece together the death toll. Officials estimate around 8,000 people lived in
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