Emergency convoy takes aid to survivors of Papua New Guinea landslide

Emergency convoy takes aid to survivors of Papua New Guinea landslide
The landslide devastated Yambali village (International Organisation for Migration via AP)

An emergency convoy is delivering food, water and other provisions to survivors of a landslide that devastated a remote village in the mountains of Papua New Guinea, with scores of people feared buried.

An assessment team reported “suggestions” that 100 people were dead and 60 houses buried by the mountainside that collapsed in Enga province a few hours before dawn on Friday, officials said.

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