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.

The National Cryosphere Desert Data Center (NCDC) for Glaciology and Permafrost Desert collects and prepares basic geographic data, satellite remote sensing data, population data, topographic data and other emergency response scientific data based on disaster situations. The "Emergency response service of scientific data for Enga Province, Papua New Guinea of the 5.24 Landslide Disaster (20240524)" system has been released, which provides data visualization, interoperation and data download capabilities. For use by relevant emergency, rescue and research departments.

The subsequent NCDC will continue to further collect and sort out various data resources in the disaster area and gradually release them through the data center platform for the use of relevant emergency, rescue and research departments.

Service Website：http://www.ncdc.ac.cn/portal/emergency?eid=73755f08-4354-4ae6-b846-170c419b102d&lang=en