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More than 2,000 people were buried by a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, the national disaster centre said on Monday, as the government officially asked for international help to reach communities trapped in remote villages where rescue efforts have been hampered by treacherous conditions.

Tragic landslide in Papua New Guinea leaves over 2,000 feared buried alive, highlighting vulnerability in disaster-prone regions.

More than 670 people are believed to have died after a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, a UN official told AFP on Sunday as aid workers and villagers braved perilous conditions in their search for survivors.

Australia is preparing to send aircraft and other equipment to help at the site of the deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea as rain in the South Pacific nation’s mountainous interior is raising fears that the tons of rubble that buried hundreds of villagers will become dangerously unstable

Rescuers are racing to find survivors after a landslide obliterated a Papua New Guinea village and killed an estimated 670 people, a UN official told AFP on Monday.

The federal government will provide $2.5 million and consider more aid for Papua New Guinea as the death toll from a landslide rises to more than 2000.

NSW environment regulator expresses concern; more than 670 people now feared killed in Papua New Guinea village; fossil find ‘like discovering a whole new civilisation’

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Devastating landslide in Papua New Guinea claims over 670 lives, displaces 1,250 people. International assistance sought for recovery efforts.

Landslide also buried around 150 houses

Unstable terrain and remote location hampering relief efforts