The video shows the size of the landslide in Papua New Guinea

After the landslide in Papua New Guinea, the authorities count 2 thousand people as burial victims; drones record the extent of the environmental tragedy

In one of the largest environmental tragedies in the history of Papua New Guinea, a country located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, approximately two thousand people were victims of a landslide last week; the total number of deaths is not yet known, as the emergency services explained. crews continue to work on the scene. In parallel, drones fly over the arearevealing on video the dimensions of the trail of destruction.

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The historic landslide hit the village of Yambali, in the Enga province of Papua New Guinea. On Sunday (26), the United Nations (UN) announced 670 deaths due to the tragedy, with hundreds of homes destroyed. Other homes were evacuated preventively.

However, the Papua New Guinea National Disaster Center updated this Monday (27), the number of victims to two thousand people possibly buried, according to the Luso news agency.

Below is the extent of the damage caused by the landslide in Papua New Guinea:

Drone video reveals the extent of damage caused by a landslide in Papua New Guinea, which the United Nations says has killed more than 670 people.

Rescuers are trying to recover the bodies from under the mud. pic.twitter.com/SPvUjdeaQF

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Causes of the landslide

The tragedy is due, in part, to the occupation of the region, as numerous houses were built near Mount Mongalo, which collapsed last Friday (24).

At the moment the causes of the collapse are still being ascertained, but most of the suspicions are linked to this heavy rains which reached the nearby regions a few hours before the tragedy.

Also, it is worth considering that Papua New Guinea is located Pacific Ring of Fire (or Pacific Ring of Fire). This is the area with the greatest seismic and volcanic activity on the planet. However, no earthquake was detected at the site hours before the landslide, which should rule out this hypothesis.

Papua New Guinea in the Pacific

It is worth mentioning that Papua New Guinea is the second most populous nation in the South Pacific, second only to Australia in terms of employment. That’s 10 million inhabitants versus 27 million.

In developing countries the economy is essentially made up of subsistence agriculture. With the predominance of rural areas and few roads, it is very difficult for rescue teams to move around the country, which has made rescue operations for landslide victims difficult. The heaviest equipment and excavators to remove rubble, for example, only arrived on site yesterday.

Source: Lusa

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