Emergency response service of scientific data for Enga Province, Papua New Guinea of the 5.24 Landslide Disaster (20240524)
Publish time: 2024/05/27
On May 24, 2024, at 0300 hours local time in Papua New Guinea, a landslide occurred in the village of Yambali, Enga Province. So far, the landslide disaster has caused 150 houses in the area to be buried, and communication infrastructure and roads leading to the affected sites have been severely damaged. The United Nations International Organization for Migration estimates that more than 2,000 people are buried in Papua New Guinea as a result of massive landslides, with the death toll already exceeding 670, and that other rescue efforts are still being carried out in an intensive and orderly manner.