Officals fear waves of disease and disaster for Papua New Guinea after landslide

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

Authorities fear a second landslide and a disease outbreak are looming at the scene of Papua New Guinea’s mass-casualty disaster.

Waterways could be at risk of contamination from disaster debris and the rotting corpses of those that remain in the rubble, a United Nations official said on Tuesday.