Papua New Guinea’s government says landslide buried 2,000 people

Villagers search through a landslide in Yambali village in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea (Kafuri Yaro/UNDP Papua New Guinea via AP)

The Papua New Guinea government said a landslide on Friday buried more than 2,000 people and has formally asked for international help.

The government figure is around three times more than a United Nations estimate of 670.